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Farm sales halve as new rules bite

By Susan Sandys

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The number of farm sales in Mid Canterbury has halved over the last year, as new environmental restrictions on nitrate leaching take effect.

PGG Wrightson Real Estate consultant Robin Ford said as purchasers had to prove through a farming consultant they could farm the property at base-figure levels set by Environment Canterbury, potential sales were falling over in cases where they had not been able to do this.

“That’s what’s holding it up, and it’s quite difficult because anyone in the last 20 to 30 years, you always bought a farm and you farmed however you saw fit to make the most money from it, but you can’t do that any longer,” Ford said.

In addition to this, trading banks pro-

viding mortgages required larger principal payments than they used to, making it financially tougher for purchasers to have enough money left over to farm their new property.

Real Estate Institute of New Zealand figures show there were 16 farms sold in the 12 months to September in Ashburton District, with an average sale price per hectare of $47,461, compared to 31 farms sold in the previous 12 months, with an average sale price per hectare of $42,859.

Ford said the higher price per hectare was due to more smaller farms being sold. These showed up as a higher price per hectare due to improvements on the properties. In reality, larger farms, that is those between $10 to $18 million, were selling at a lower price per hectare than they had one year ago.

Meanwhile, in the wider Canterbury region there was only an 18 per cent drop in the number of farm sales, while nationally the drop was even lower, just 6.7 per cent.

Institute rural spokesman Brian Peacocke said nationally prices were remaining steady, but reflected a gradual easing over the last two years. The median price per hectare for farms sold in the three months to September was $25,754, compared to $25,447 for the same quarter in 2018.

He said there had been an easing in volume of dairy farm sales across the country, particularly in Southland and Canterbury.

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■■ POLICE NUMBERS

Broken promise of additional police

By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon has hit out at Police Minister Stuart Nash after appearing to break a promise of an additional 1800 officers being added to the police within three years of the election.

In Parliament question and answers on Wednesday, Nash was quizzed on the figures by National MP Brett Hudson after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern had said the Government would reach its target this term, despite Nash admitting earlier in the week at the Police Association conference that only 893 staff had been added once attrition had been taken in to account.

When the budget was released

in 2018, Falloon warned the Government had not put sufficient resources in to delivering the promise.

“Stuart Nash said I was ‘very wrong,’ but now he’s finally been forced to admit that they won’t deliver.

“He’s repeatedly claimed that 1800 additional police would be delivered, with 1000 new officers every year to account for the 400 who leave.

“In Parliament on Wednesday he shifted the goalposts, admitting that it won’t be a net increase of 1800 police at all.”

Hudson asked Nash what the total number of recruits would need to be to meet the target of 1800 additional officers, account-

ing for an attrition rate of 400 officers leaving the police every year, which was the figure estimated by Nash previously.

“We need about 1800 new recruits to meet a figure of 1800 new police,” was Nash’s response.

When asked if he stands by his response to a written question which confirmed that the measurement of the 1800 new police includes attrition, and is currently running at well under 900, Nash could only answer by saying the attrition rate is about 3.8 per cent, and that police is one of the lowest in the State sector.

“The Police Association are right to call it a broken promise,” he said.

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“He’s flip-flopped on his promise to increase the number of police officers including attrition, and now he’s cherry picking numbers out of thin air.

“The minister is failing New Zealanders who want safe communities, and he’s failing the police who have been planning for the extra resources.”

In late February, 28 officers report to sub area commander for the Ashburton District at the Ashburton Police Station, while six CIB officers are based at the station, bringing the total to 35.

Four more police officers are working in highway patrol and one is working in the commercial vehicles area based out of Ashburton.

down the country repeated the pledge of 1800 additional police in a bid to get elected, and they’ve fallen at the first hurdle.

“The Government are failing to deliver on the promises they made to New Zealanders,” When asked on Thursday, Nash was quoted saying there are 9732 sworn officers.

On November 1, Nash confirmed there were 9016 sworn officers employed by the New Zealand Police.

“That is an increase of only 716 officers since this Government took office, not 893 as the minister has previously claimed,” Hudson said.

“New Zealanders can’t trust Stuart Nash.

■■MEDIAWORKS SALE

Talent could jump ship before sale NZME Embattled MediaWorks is in danger of bleeding its top talent before its TV arm is even sold or closed.

Three’s high-profile stars will already be putting out feelers and seeing what other opportunities exist for them on the back of MediaWorks’ Friday announcement that its TV arm is on the market.

Some will also be looking at jumping across the ditch or changing careers, top recruitment experts say.

Commentators have already said MediaWorks’ TV operation, which employs about 520 people, is worth “zero”, but its appeal could further diminish if some of its top talent jump ship before a sale or closure is confirmed.

H2R Consulting director Jane Walker said staff were usually proactive about determining their own future if they knew an organisation was about to be sold and would be brushing up their CVs. “There would be a lot of discussion happening right now if they know other people in the media companies. If there’s nothing available then they will sit tight.”

Employers at rival media organisations would also see it as an opportune time to shoulder-tap high-profile individuals, she said.

“That’s the problem when organisations signal that they are going to be sold – you can lose a lot of your talent quite quickly if it’s an open market.”

Past examples include Hilary Barry and Petra Bagust leaving MediaWorks to join TVNZ, Paul Henry and Heather Du Plessis-Allan swapping TVNZ for MediaWorks and Paul Holmes leaving TVNZ for Prime.

EQ3 Consulting director Jason Walker, who provides business advisory services to the employ-

ment sector, said the “smart ones” would be looking at their options now. If MediaWorks closed before the end of the year, then they would be left out of work until at least the end of January when organisations started to employ again.

Staff would be looking at whether there might be opportunities in MediaWorks’ radio or outdoor advertising businesses and at rival media organisations, he said.

These organisations could include TVNZ, NZME, Maori TV, Prime and Spark Sport.

“For others they have moved out of the industry completely, but are still using their profiles – like Shane Cortese and Jayne Kiely (who moved into real estate) – to help them in other fields to obtain and generate revenue.”

Some of the high-profile presenters already had other avenues of generating significant revenue such as being professional speakers or fronting adverts and might expand these, he said.

Newshub presenter Mike McRoberts already moonlights as a professional speaker and was recently hired by Hamilton City Council to host a mayoral debate.

Walker said the implications for the industry would be more far-reaching than just TV3 staff losing their jobs, as it could also create an oversupply in the industry and push pay packets down.

“Look at TVNZ who may pay some premiums to who are presenting some of their shows and they will think, ‘We’ve actually got a monopoly now. Do we really need to pay these people this amount of money when there are a lot of options out there?’”

Frog Recruitment director Jane Kennelley said because of uncertainty around what was happening with the business, sometimes he best advice was to sit tight.

Diwali a feast of colour and light It was a stunning display of colour, light and talent when 400 people turned out to Ashburton’s Diwali, Festival of Light on Saturday night. Ashburton Indian Multicultural Charitable Trust member Bikash Sukul said everything, from the food and entertainment to speeches and lighting of the candles ceremony, went well at the festival, held at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. “Everyone enjoyed it and we had a good turnout,” he said.

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Thousands pound pavement NZME The All Blacks might be flying at the World Cup but it was an Aussie who claimed yesterday’s 2019 Auckland Marathon.

Isaias Beyn darted across the line in a time of 2 hours 19 mins, beating out the rest of the more than 1900 runners, who signed on for the 42km full marathon distance.

After finishing third last year, Beyn came into yesterday’s mar-

athon a hot favourite and eventually pulled clear from within the last 2km to grab the win.

Tauranga’s Hannah Wells claimed victory in the women’s race, finishing in 2:50.

Overall, close to 15,000 competitors from 54 countries hit the pavements to compete in the day’s many events.

These included the half marathon, wheelchair marathon, handcycle marathon, 11km and 5km runs and kids marathon.

They were helped along by 750 volunteers handing out close to 16,000 bananas, and throngs of cheering Aucklanders lining the roads.

The iconic Auckland event brought together veteran athletes, first-timers and in-betweeners from all walks of life, with the track spanning across the North Shore through to Auckland city.

Participants ranged from five years old to 85 years old.

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■■ YOUNG FARMERS

Top turnout for competition It was a fantastic turnout for the Young Farmers’ Aorangi North District Competition and Skills Day at Mt Somers Station on Saturday.

Twenty-nine Young Farmers from Pendarves, Hinds, Foothills and Methven competed.

Tasks ranged from saddling a horse to writing a feed budget.

Organiser Emily Daly said it was a beautiful day and entrants really put their skills to the test, while enjoying each other’s company and having fun at the same time.

“They took it quite seriously, and it was good competition,” she said.

Winner on the day was Campbell Sommerville of Methven. He will go onto the regional event alongside fellow top scorers George Webster from Dorie, Scott Middleton from Methven and Jesse Wilde from Hinds.

Right - Young Farmers’ Archie Chisholm and Oliver Kelley were among 29 entrants giving it their all at the district competition at the weekend.

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■■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Man threatens to take parking dispute ‘all the way’

By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

A man is threatening to take the Ashburton District Council ‘all the way’ over parking sensors he believes are faulty in the Ashburton CBD. Paul Hill was fined by the Ashburton District Council earlier this year after visiting the town on business and was parked on East Street.

After popping in to a business for a short 25-minute meeting, he returned to his car to find a parking infringement notice.

“I was ticketed for being there

for more than an hour,” he said.

“I have rung the (Ashburton District) Council and they said to file an appeal, and that is fine, but the bigger issue is the processes weren’t in place to stop it happening.”

Hill said he could back up the fact he was only there for 25 minutes through Google Maps data which had showed where he had travelled in the town and how long he had spent in certain locations. Since then, the Ashburton District Council have offered to waive Hill’s fine, but Hill feels that the council are ignoring the wider

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problem and does not intend to stop until the council can provide evidence there is no issue.

“I firmly believe the Ashburton council have a flawed parking management system that has issued possibly hundreds of infringement notices to innocently parked vehicles,” he said.

In an email received from the council, Rick Catchpowle said the matter had been looked in to at length, and that the council position remained the same in that they had found nothing to suggest a malfunction had occurred with the parking sensor in ques-

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tion, and that they have found no grounds to suggest that the system is not currently operating in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications, and as such, they consider the matter closed.

“Until the Ashburton District Council are able to provide me with a clear and detailed explanation as to how a vehicle parked in an electronically monitored P60 parking bay for just 15 minutes can receive an infringement notice,” Hill said in response.

“It is an impossible scenario and one that requires a full explanation that will give me and the

public confidence the Ashburton council are adhering to their obligation to be fair and accurate, and within the law when issuing legally binding infringement notices.

“Despite having asked for this explanation several times it has never been provided.

“Until you can provide me with a logical explanation I can only assume that the systems employed by the council are flawed and have undoubtedly and repeatedly issued innocently parked vehicles infringement notices. This matter is definitely not closed.”

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Motorcyclist critically injured

By Susan Sandys

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Rakaia firefighters are reminding motorists to be careful at intersections, following a serious crash yesterday afternoon.

A motorcycle and car crashed at the T-junction of Dunford Street and Railway Terrace West about 12.55pm.

Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade members responded to the crash and provided first-aid to the injured motorcyclist until an ambulance from Ashburton arrived. The Westpac Rescue Helicopter also attended, and shortly before 2.30pm airlifted the man, with critical injuries, to Christchurch Hospital.

Police issued a release about 1.30pm to inform of the crash and advise motorists to avoid the area. They said the road would be closed, diversions were in place and the Serious Crash Unit would be attending.

Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade chief Tyrone Burrowes said the crash should act as a reminder for people to be safe on the roads, particularly at intersections.

Left - Rakaia firefighters, ambulance personnel and police respond to yesterday’s crash, alongside the Westpac Rescue Helicopter.

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Farm sales halve as rules bite From P1 The amount of farms sold nationally to September 2019 was 1361, representing 37 per cent less dairy farms, 7.8 per cent less finishing farms, 4.4 per cent less arable farms, but 3.2 per cent more grazing farms.

One of the factors impacting on the volume of pastoral property sales could be Overseas Investment Office changes to its criteria, and also an easing of prices affecting vendor behaviour.

“There’s been an easing of prices across the board, quite often that slows down the volume because the market needs to adjust to the concept of slightly lower value. Some vendors are not happy about reducing their price and may sit out until the price has recovered,” Peacocke said.

In relation to the increased price per hec-

tare in Mid Canterbury, he said what could happen in markets generally was that as volumes of sales eased, higher quality properties remained in demand.

Peacocke said prices remaining steady on relatively light volumes nationwide was a fair reflection of the current market, and the outlook remained good in terms of income for sheep, beef, horticulture and dairy, well supported by low interest rates and a benevolent exchange rate.

Nevertheless, vendors and purchasers had a mood of caution, due to “the overwhelming raft of compliance and water quality issues, coupled with the continuing reports of a restrictive lending environment within the banking sector”.

“That mood will be tested in the coming months as more properties come to the market,” he said.

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■■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

New handbook designed to keep dogs, owners legal

By Sue Newman

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When dog owners let their pets run free at the Ashburton Business Estate or along the Ashburton River trail they have been unwittingly breaking the law.

To ensure dog owners understand their responsibilities and keep on the right side of dog control laws, the Ashburton District Council has produced a dog owners’ handbook. Among other things, it spells out dog exercise areas and the business estate and river trail are not on the list.

The handbook has been designed to promote both animal and community safety, and outlines what is required of owners in regards to the Dog Control Bylaw and Dog Control Act 1996, council environmental services group manager Jane Donaldson said.

“Exercising your dog is vital to their health and wellbeing, but equally important is the need to ensure the wider public and their pets remain safe from threatening and nuisance dog behaviours. For this reason, unless they are in a designated off-leash area, all dogs must remain on a leash in public spaces. It’s about sensibly balancing these two issues,” she said.

The Ashburton Business Estate on North Park Road and the Ashburton River Trail walkways were two areas where dog owners often let their dogs run free, but in both, dogs should remain on a lead, Donaldson said.

The only unleashed exercise ares in Ashburton are official dog parks plus Pioneer Park, Digby Park, the Patching Street Reserve, Smallbone Drive Reserve, Devon Park, Tinwald’s George Glassey Park and a restricted area in Argyle Park.

Dogs must remain on a leash in all public places including roads and footpaths, in memorial areas and in sports grounds.

They are banned on boat ramps and slipways, in cemeteries, on playing surfaces of

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Exercising your dog is vital to their health and wellbeing

public sports grounds, within one metre of children’s playground equipment, in any public council-owned building, in the Lake Clearwater huts area and the Lake Camp reserve area.

Across the Ashburton District there are 6514 registered dogs, but over the past year 830 of those dogs earned them a behavioural black mark.

Those dogs were the subject of complaints to the Ashburton District Council’s dog control contractors, but most did not result in prosecution of dog owners. Just 91 infringement notices were issued for a range of offences.

Most complaints were about wandering, lost or barking dogs.

Anyone making a complaint needs to provide the council with the dog’s address, the exact problem and the time an incident has occurred.

Your name and contact phone number are taken but all complaint details are kept confidential and not disclosed to the dog owner, Donaldson said.

Information in the dog owners’ handbook covers an owner’s responsibility, safety around dogs, how to make a complaint about a dog, and locations where you can exercise your dog.

The handbook can be downloaded at ashburtondc.govt.nz/dogsandanimals

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■■NZ FIRST

In brief

Peters lashes out at Nats NZME New Zealand First leader Winston Peter has lashed out the National Party in a speech signaling his party’s direction for the election.

But he’s stopped short of saying he wouldn’t do a deal with current Opposition.

In a lengthy closing his party’s annual conference yesterday, Peters mentioned National about 15 times, roughly the same num-

ber he mentioned his own party.

He came into the room to billowing inspirational music, the party’s members asked to stand as he walked to the stage.

While the speech was thin on policy, Peters spent most of his speech on National and its MPs, including Paula Bennett, Simon Bridges and John Key. “Unless they change, and we hope they do, a future National facing economic headwinds will embark on austerity policies,

condemning New Zealand to more social fall out,” Peters said.

“We hope they change but the fact is New Zealand First, right now, as a party of the centre, is the National Party, when it had a capital N”.

But Peters insisted his part was not picking sides for next year’s election.

“New Zealand First will talk to any party that shares our vision for growing the country’s wealth,” he said.

Police are continuing to investigate the death of a woman whose body was found washed up on a Lake Rotorua shoreline. The woman’s body was found on the eastern shore of Lake Rotorua on Friday morning. Detective Senior Sergeant Ryan Yardley said inquiries were ongoing and the death was currently being treated as “unexplained”. “We are not in a position to release the name of the woman, as we are in the process of notifying family members,” he said.

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■■EDUCATION

Physical contact rules may be relaxed

Police are investigating after a man was found critically hurt in an Auckland suburban town square.

St John sent an ambulance to the scene near Mangere town square at 3.40am yesterday and transported him to Auckland City Hospital. Detective Senior Sergeant Warrick Adkin confirmed police had started an investigation.

He said the man was being treated and a further update would be released when available. A witness says police have taped off a carpark behind Mangere Pharmacy, close to Mangere town square.

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Body recovered

NZME Restrictions which have made some schools ban teachers from hugging or touching children may soon be relaxed.

Teachers, principals and the Teaching Council are all proposing changes that would let teachers use physical force as soon as a child shows signs of being upset and threatening other children.

The current rules, introduced in August 2017 in response to Herald reports of children being locked alone in rooms, allow physical restraint only when the safety of others is “at serious and imminent risk”.

Education Minister Chris Hipkins said last year that “the balance is not quite right”. Sources say he is ready to put proposed changes to Cabinet in the next week or two.

Schools have reported 5466 incidents of physical restraint under the new rules up to the end of last term – an average of 13 incidents every school day.

Tai Tokerau Principals’ Association president Pat Newman said reporting each incident was “an absolutely ridiculous waste of time”.

Wellington’s Berhampore School principal Mark Potter said some schools were “fearful of teachers having any physical contact with children at all” in case they broke the rules.

“We’ve even heard some schools are saying to teachers you are not allowed to give a child a hug,” he said.

“What kind of society are we becoming when that is not allowed? Some have said no longer are you allowed to give a kid a hug but you can do a fistbump. If you spend a lot of time studying the guidelines, that was an over-reaction, but the Teaching Council wants to clarify that.”

Inquiries continue

Ashburton Masonic Lodge makes donation Max Cawte (centre) from the Ashburton Masonic Lodge hands over a cheque for $208 to John Waugh from the Prostate Cancer Support group. The funds were raised from the five Masonic lodges in the Ashburton District’s Men’s Health Night. The night highlighted some of the most serious health dangers facing men in the community, and inlcuding guest speakers such as a urologist, a colorectal surgeon and a cardiologist.

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■■AUCKLAND EVENTS

Events to pump $53m into economy NZME Auckland’s summer of fun is set to pump a whopping $53 million into the economy of the City of Sails.

Sold-out gigs from the likes of global superstars U2 and Elton John, and Kiwi hit-makers Six60, stage shows including The Book of Mormon, Mary Poppins and Snow White, family-friendly Auckland Zoo Open Lates, and sports events including the Monster Energy SX Open and the Auckland Tuatara in the Australian Baseball League are set to entertain all-comers over the summer months.

Regional Facilities Auckland (RFA) revealed concerts and major events at its venues including Mt Smart Stadium, Western Springs Stadium and The Civic would attract more than 394,000 punters between now and the end of March.

Of that number, more than 168,000 will travel from outside, pumping millions into a “gig economy”; including tickets, hospitality, accommodation, travel and merchandise.

The total worth to gigs at RFA venues was estimated to pass the $50m mark.

RFA chief executive Chris Brooks says Auckland has now entrenched itself as New Zealand’s entertainment capital.

“Over the past eight years, we have successfully positioned Auckland as a vibrant summer entertainment destination where you can attend major international touring concerts, blockbuster musicals, exhibitions and festivals,” Brooks says.

“This has a significant flow-on effect for Auckland’s economy, including the accommodation, hospitality and tourism sectors.”

RFA says the two U2 concerts at Mt Smart Stadium, the Green

Day musical American Idiot which has been held at The Civic and the upcoming Les Miserables production at the same venue would have combined ticket sales topping 100,000.

U2 will bring their Joshua Tree Tour to New Zealand; playing the entirety of the 1987 Joshua Tree album, plus all their other greatest hits, on November 8 and 9.

And along with the music, fans have been promised a multimedia show like no other.

Another must-have summer gig experience will be Six60’s gig at Western Springs Stadium on February 22. The show is already a sell-out. This year the band rewrote New Zealand music history when their first headline show at the legendary Auckland venue sold out.

“It’s incredible to be able to play Western Springs again, selling it out is really a tribute to our bond with our fans.”

Rescuers have recovered the body of a member of a hunting party who died in the Kaweka Forest Park in Hawke’s Bay on Saturday night. The man’s death is not thought to be suspicious and his death has been referred to the coroner, police said. Rescuers attempted to recover the body on Saturday night but were unable to due to bad weather. It was then recovered yesterday. A police spokeswoman said they were advised just before 8.30pm. A locator beacon was set off in the area about two hours earlier.

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Bus and car crash A bus and a car have crashed in Auckland, injuring one person. The crash took place on Glenfield and Kaipatiki roads in Glenfield around 8.10am yesterday. “One person received moderate injuries,” a police spokesman said. Two cars also crashed in Avondale around 8am in a separate incident. The crash took place on Ash Street, opposite the Avondale Markets, but there were no reports of injuries or traffic delays, police said. In the South Island, two other crashes have also taken place within minutes of each other west of Nelson. An initial crash between two cars took place on the Coastal Highway at Mapua around 6.55am.

There were no injuries but the crash did lead to one lane being partially blocked, police said. Then 20 minutes later another crash took place between three cars on the Coastal Highway heading north from Mapua.

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■■BRITAIN

Call for Brexit delay

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AP Prime Minister Boris Johnson has grudgingly asked the European Union to delay Brexit after the British Parliament postponed a decision on whether to back his divorce deal. But the defiant Johnson also made clear that he personally opposed delaying the UK’s exit, scheduled for October 31.

A law passed by Parliament last month set a late-night deadline for the government to send a letter asking the EU for a three-month postponement if lawmakers had not approved an agreement with the bloc by Saturday. An hour before the deadline, European Council President Donald Tusk tweeted: “The extension request has just arrived. I will now start consulting EU leaders on how to react.”

Johnson made clear he was making the request under duress. The letter requesting an extension was not signed. It was accompanied by a second letter, signed by Johnson, arguing that delay would “damage the interests of the UK and our EU partners”.

Earlier in the day, Johnson told lawmakers that “further delay would be bad for this country, bad for the European Union and bad for democracy”.

French President Emmanuel Macron seemed to agree. Macron’s office said he spoke to Johnson by phone and insisted on the need for “quick clarification of the British position on the accord.” The president’s office said Macron indicated to the British prime minister that “a delay would be in no one’s interest”.

At a rare weekend sitting of Parliament, lawmakers voted 322-306 to withhold their approval of the Brexit deal until legislation to implement it has been passed.

The vote sought to ensure that the UK cannot crash out of the EU without a deal on the scheduled departure date. Johnson, who struck the agreement with the EU earlier this week, said he was not “daunted or dismayed” by the result and would continue to do all he can to get Brexit done in less than two weeks.

Parliament’s first weekend sitting since the Falklands War of 1982 had been dubbed “Super Saturday”. It looked set to bring Britain’s Brexit saga to a head, more than three years after the country’s divisive decision to leave the EU. But the government’s hopes were derailed when House of Commons Speaker John Bercow said he would allow a vote on

Rafael Nadal and Xisco Perello

Tennis star marries Discretion was at a premium but photographs are beginning to emerge from Rafael Nadal’s wedding to his partner of 14 years, Xisca Perello, at a Spanish fortress at the weekend.

Nadal and Perello wed at La Fortaleza in front of about 350 guests, although Roger Federer was not among them as he prepares for the Swiss Indoors in Basel. Tennis players Feliciano Lopez, David Ferrer and Juan Monaco were in attendance as well as Nadal’s uncle and longtime coach Toni, and Swiss watchmaker Richard Mille.

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Anti-Brexit supporters march in London at the weekend. Britain’s Parliament voted delaying approval of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s new Brexit deal, but Johnson said there will be no new negotiations with the EU. PHOTO AP an amendment to put the vote on the deal off until another day.

The amendment makes support for the deal conditional on passage of the legislation to implement it, something that could take several days or weeks. It also gives lawmakers another chance to scrutinize — and possibly change— the Brexit departure terms while the legislation is in Parliament.

The government still hopes it can pass the needed legislation by the end of the month so the UK can leave on time.

The leader of the House of Commons, Jacob Rees-Mogg, said the government would hold a debate today on its Brexit-implementing legislation — effectively a second attempt to secure approval for the deal.

It’s unclear whether that would be allowed under House of Commons rules against holding repeated votes on the same question. Bercow said he would make a ruling Monday.

The vote was welcomed by hundreds

of thousands of anti-Brexit demonstrators who marched to Parliament Square, demanding a new referendum on whether Britain should leave the EU or remain.

Protesters, many wearing blue berets emblazoned with yellow stars symbolizing the EU flag, poured out of subways and buses for the last-ditch effort.

“Another chance for sanity and perhaps rationality to take over, rather than emotion,” filmmaker Jove Lorenty said as he stood outside Parliament. “Never give up until the fat lady sings. No one knows what will happen, but we have hope.”

Johnson, who came to power in July vowing to get Brexit finished, called any delay to Britain’s departure “pointless, expensive and deeply corrosive of public trust”. And he warned that the bloc’s approval could not be guaranteed.

“There is very little appetite among our friends in the EU for this business to be protracted by one extra day,” Johnson said.

“They have had three and a half years of this debate.”

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New villain cast The new Batman movie has found its villain. The Matt Reeves directed film The Batman has cast Paul Dano to play The Riddler, Warner Bros has announced.

The casting news comes after Deadline reported talks with Jonah Hill to play the film’s villain fell through. In the comics, The Riddler’s name is Edward Nygma, but in the movie, Dano’s character will be named Edward Nashton, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Dano has starred in movies such as Little Miss Sunshine and 12 Years A Slave and earned a Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of musician Brian Wilson in 2015’s Love & Mercy.

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A man has been arrested after a missing woman’s body was found encased in concrete and dumped in the desert.

Police have arrested a man in connection with the death, days after they found the body sealed in a homemade concrete and wooden block outside Las Vegas in Nevada.

It’s believed the victim, who is reportedly an adult model who had been missing for months, was given methamphetamines, tied to a bedpost, strangled and injected with chemical poisons before she died.

Prosecution documents allege two people involved in the slaying went to extensive measures to hide the model’s body.

Authorities believe the body to be missing woman and model Esmeralda Gon-

zalez, according to court documents obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

It’s alleged she was killed by Christopher Prestipino, 45, who lured her into his home before her disappearance.

After the death, Mr Prestipino allegedly rented a U-Haul truck, which police linked to the discovery of Ms Gonzalez’s dumped body, news.com.au reports.

Also named in the court documents is Cassandra Bascones (who also goes by the names Cassandra Garrett, Cassandra Tran and Nikki Hart), who police allege may be involved in the killing. Ms Bascones has not yet been arrested.

“Prestipino rented a U-Haul and the victim’s body was dumped in the desert,” the Clark County prosecutor alleged in documents relating to the arrest.

“Prestipino and Garrett have been pan-

icked because they left the rented U-Haul dolly at the body dump location.”

Police earlier arrested Mr Prestipino’s girlfriend, Lisa Mort, 31, who has been charged with aiding her boyfriend in concealing the alleged killing.

Ms Gonzalez was reported missing by her brother on May 31 after he’d not seen her for a week. He told police he’d found her southwest Las Vegas home with the lights left on and the front door unlocked.

The Chief Deputy District Attorney Pamela Weckerly said the home had been “ransacked”.

The victim had more than 300,000 followers on Instagram and worked in the adult entertainment industry. She didn’t live far from Mr Prestipino and didn’t have her keys or phone with her. She had previously been diagnosed with mental illness.

A new batch of contestants are ready to bake like they’ve never baked before when The Great Kiwi Bake Off returns next month. The show’s ingredients have been tweaked slightly resulting in a super-sized new season. This time around the 10 contestants will face three challenges, Technical, Signature and Showstopper, in each 90 minute episode.

The amateur bakers have been plucked from around the country and vary in age, starting at 19 and going through to 58.

The ever popular hosts Madeline Sami and Hayley Sproull both return, as do the show’s judges Dean Brettschneider and Sue Fleischl. The show will be popped out of the oven on November 3. - NZME

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■■ASHBURTON MUSICAL CLUB

Twice the talent for club Ashburton Musical Club scholarship committee members could not help seeing double when it came to giving out their annual award.

Faced with two applicants who were just as talented as each other, for the first time ever they awarded two scholarships instead of one.

Musicians Katie Gluyas and Eva Bedggood, from Leeston and Southbridge respectively, receive piano lessons from their local teacher Helen Hinson, but their gifts extend to other instruments as well.

The pair regularly play at musical club gatherings and concerts, and they now have $700 each to put towards their future musical studies.

Katie plays both the piano and drum kit, and has recently sat the Trinity College of London ATCL diploma for piano. A Year 12 student at St Margaret’s College, she plays for the school’s orchestra and chamber music group, as well as in the combined St Margaret’s and Christ’s College Orchestra.

Next year the 16-year-old plans to compete in New Zealand National Chamber Music competitions, as well as extending her school musical involvement and audition for a University of Canterbury music performance course.

Eva Bedggood has been a brass supervisor at Christchurch School of Music for the past three years, where she helps rehearse the school’s three orchestras, and has started a beginners’ brass ensemble.

The home-schooled 16-year-old plays piano, trumpet and guitar, and is working towards her Grade 8 trumpet exam and the ATCL diploma.

Next year she will begin STAR courses at the University of Canterbury, where for the past two years she has been a member of the UC Christchurch Youth Orchestra.

She has been invited to play with Resonance and the Garden City Orchestra, and will soon audition for the New Zealand Secondary Schools Orchestra, and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, where she has already had two of her own compositions workshopped.

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ARTS DIARY ■■ November 3 – StAC Attack 2019 at Ashburton Trust Event Centre featuring St Andrew’s College Pipe Band, supported by the Julie Hawke School of Dance.

■■ To November 3 - AEIOU - Explore the Maori Alphabet. An engaging and interactive exhibition exploring the Maori language through art and objects at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

■■ November 10 – Simon O’Neill in Concert with Woolston Brass, 2pm to 4pm, Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

■■ November 17 – The South Afreakins – a dark comedy, written and performed by Robyn Paterson. Ashburton Trust Event Centre, Open Hat, no pre-bookings necessary.

■■ November 18 – Muka Youth Prints Exhibition, 1pm to 6pm at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

No adults allowed in this unique travelling exhibition of original lithographs which can only be viewed and purchased by those aged five to 18 years.

■■ November 22 – Twelfth Night by Big Little Theatre Company at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, runs to November 24.

■■ To November 22 – Remembering Rodin at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

■■ November 26 – The Bee Gees Night Fever, 8pm, Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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Busker Nights to showcase home-grown talent Calling all singers, dancers, actors, musicians, acrobats and comedians!

The Ashburton District Council is on the lookout for people who want to share their talent for its second annual Busker Nights.

The two nights, on Decem-

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ber 6 and 20 from 6.30pm until 9.30pm, are part of a series of festive events and activities being planned by the council this coming holiday season.

Business support group manager Paul Brake said Busker Nights promote and showcase

home-grown talent in a laid-back atmosphere.

“There are approximately six performers per night, and each has around 15 to 20 minutes to share their talent,” he said.

“So far we have confirmed Life Dance Academy, Liam Pram, and

Ocean Waitoki.

“Registration is open until the week of each Busker Nights event,” Brake said.

Those interested in participating are invited to submit their interest by emailing events@adc. govt.nz.

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An interesting week in the newsroom I

n the newsroom at the Ashburton Guardian we get many press releases on any given day.

For example, press releases made up 24, or more than half, of emails in my inbox on Friday.

Some are like a gift from the heavens; they inform a story that a reporter may already be working on, or alert that reporter to something happening they were not previously aware of.

For example, we may get a press release from the police about a fatal car crash or homicide, which can tell us how serious an unfolding situation is.

Or a political party may let us know about an announcement they are about to make, or elucidate the political landscape by informing of all the things they don’t like about what their opponents are doing.

Press releases come from all sorts of organisations, and this month we even got a couple from

the Mongrel Mob. Both were good examples of how having a person with PR skills to get your message across can work wonders.

In the first, Waikato Mongrel Mob Kingdom Chapter president Sonny Fatupaito mentioned radical changes the gang was making, and accused Opposition leader Simon Bridges of hypocrisy and “ideological hegemony” for declining an invitation to participate in the upcoming Mana Whanau Event.

“Ideological hegemony is a system of thought control, linked to a set of ideas and beliefs that act to uphold and justify an existing or desired arrangement of power,

authority, wealth and status in a society,” Fatupaito said in the release.

In the second, Fatupaito highlighted Minister of Police Stuart Nash’s comments on Mongrel Mob members guarding mosques. Once again Fatupaito was eloquent in his criticism.

“Nash’s comments that this was a PR stunt are not only untrue, they are hurtful and disrespectful, not only to our own whanau, but to a mourning Muslim community throughout New Zealand and abroad.”

Many releases are useful to reporters in a different way, and that is in providing light-hearted moments. It seems everyone has PR people these days, and last week a release from an adult sex toy business had the newsroom in giggles.

Just as you should not drink and fry, you should not drink and DIY (your own sex toys) apparently. Whenever people tried to make

their own toys it was a “disaster”, and one should avoid all sorts of raw materials. The funniest thing about the release was associating such dangerous behaviour with the upcoming festive season, Christmas parties and the high rate of emergency department admissions due to alcohol.

Another source of endless amusement is when personnel in PR and marketing have no idea where Mid Canterbury is.

One of our reporters received an emailed invitation last week on a Have a Go Surf Day, a free event held annually to bring surfing to the youth of New Zealand.

It was at New Zealand’s number one surf school, “just an hour’s drive from Auckland”.

“We would love for you to come along and cover the event for the Ashburton Guardian,” the hopeful PR lady said.

A serious side to the multitude of press releases reporters are inundated with, is how the sheer

number is representative of an explosion of PR people in the public sphere. Central and local government organisations dole out huge amounts of tax and ratepayer dollars to communications personnel, while at the same time newspapers and broadcasting organisations struggle to serve the public with accurate information as they operate within commercial constraints.

Radio New Zealand’s Phil Pennington recently covered the issue, and found public sector communications staff numbers had risen 60 per cent since 2013.

For example, communications costs for Inland Revenue alone had doubled in the five years to $4.8m as the department added more expensive contractors, with the highest-paid earning more than $300,000.

Those numbers are just ridiculous – perhaps even more absurd than some of the press releases we get each day.

In 2008, Ninety-six medals, including nine Victoria Crosses, two George Crosses and an Albert Medal, that had been stolen from the Waiōuru museum in 2007 were returned to New Zealand National Army Museum.

Ten years ago: Authorities found the body of missing Florida 7-year-old Somer Thompson in a Georgia landfill (Jarred Harrell later pleaded guilty to

kidnapping, rape and murder, and was sentenced to life in prison).

Five years ago: North Korea abruptly freed Jeffrey Fowle, an American, nearly six months after he was arrested for leaving a Bible in a nightclub.

One year ago: One of Taiwan’s fastest passenger trains derailed on a curve along a popular weekend route, killing 18 people

and injuring nearly 200 others.

Today’s birthdays: Actress Joyce Randolph is 95. Rock singer Manfred Mann is 79.

Musician Steve Cropper is 78.

Singer Elvin Bishop is 77. TV’s Judge Judy Sheindlin is 77. Actor Ken Watanabe is 60. Actress Melora Walters is 59. Rock musician Che Colovita Lemon is 49. Rock singer-musician Nick Oliveri is 48. Christian

rock musician Charlie Lowell is 46. Actor Jeremy Miller is 43.

Country singer Matthew Ramsey is 42. Actor Will Estes is 41. Actor Michael McMillian is 41. Reality TV star Kim Kardashian West is 39.

Actress Charlotte Sullivan is 36.

Actor Glenn Powell is 31.

Thought for today: “Silence is sometimes the severest criticism.” – Charles Buxton, English writer (1823-1871). – AP

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Monday, October 21, the 294th day of 2019. There are 71 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On October 21, 1892, schoolchildren across the US observed Columbus Day by reciting, for the first time, the original version of The Pledge of Allegiance, written by Francis Bellamy for The Youth’s Companion.

On this date: In 1797, the US Navy frigate Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, was christened in Boston’s harbour.

In 1879, Thomas Edison perfected a workable electric light at his laboratory in Menlo Park, NJ. In 1917, members of the 1st Division of the US Army training in Luneville, France, became the first Americans to see action on the front lines of World War One. In 1944, during World War Two, US. troops captured the German city of Aachen.

In 1960, Democrat John F Kennedy and Republican Richard M Nixon clashed in their fourth and final presidential debate in New York.

In 1964, Peter Snell won a second gold after he successfully defended his 800m title earlier at the Tokyo Olympics and completed the coveted middledistance double with gold in the 1500m.

In 1966, 144 people, 116 of them children, were killed when a coal waste landslide engulfed a school and some 20 houses in Aberfan, Wales.

In 1967, the Israeli destroyer INS Eilat was sunk by Egyptian missile boats near Port Said; 47 Israeli crew members were lost.

In 2001, Washington, DC, postal worker Thomas L Morris Jr died of inhalation anthrax as officials began testing thousands of postal employees.

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t’s easy sometimes to forget what an economy is. An economy is the people in it. The jobs we have, the contribution we make, and the resources that can be put into our community.

It’s what drew me to politics.

To give the schools I went to here in Ashburton the resources they need for the learning of tomorrow. To ensure that the hospital that helped me fight back from a complicated illness when I was three years old can do the same for others. So that local people who need a job can find one.

Last week the Ministry of Social Development released their latest quarterly Jobseeker Benefit data, showing an increase of 19 in the Ashburton District. While the increase in the number of people locally is relatively modest compared to the rest of the country, it points to a concerning trend.

Since this time last year the numbers have increased from 423 to 494. The question is why, at a time when our local employers are crying out for staff, that

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numbers are being allowed to grow in the way they are.

We’re fortunate that our local unemployment rate remains relatively low, but even here in Ashburton it has started to turn in the wrong direction.

After steadily falling since 2011, for the first time in years we recorded an increase in our unemployment rate earlier this year.

You might recall about a year ago my colleague and neighbouring MP Amy Adams led the charge on the Government’s dismal handling of the economy, pointing to the crash in business confidence. At the time Finance Minister Grant Robertson performed the Parliamentary equivalent of sticking his fingers

in his ears, claiming business confidence has no relationship with economic performance.

Not surprisingly, with a raft of anti-growth policies, higher costs and new regulations, since then confidence has shrunk further.

For Grant’s benefit, here’s why that’s a problem. That lack of confidence people have to invest has stifled economic growth and activity. Our growth rate has slumped to an anaemic 2.4 per cent with projections it will go even lower.

Ultimately that means jobs.

When the Government changed two years ago, 10,000 additional jobs were being created every month. That number has now dived, job creation has ground to a halt, and the growth is now in benefit numbers.

In the past two years the number of people across New Zealand on the Jobseeker Benefit has rocketed up by 22,000. It’s an increase of 19 per cent, at a time our population has gone up by only 4 per cent.

And here is the biggest tragedy of all. It’s not the financial cost which all taxpayers have to bear.

It’s not the loss of productivity.

The greatest waste is that of human potential.

There will always be wonderful examples of people who have been on welfare a long time and pulled themselves out. A conversation, an opportunity, a turning point in their lives. But for others there’s not, who in all too many circumstances fall into a trap of welfare dependency, losing hope and aspiration for themselves and their families.

An economy is for them. For meaningful jobs that will in so many ways turn their lives around. It’s for them we need our economy back on track.

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The famous Abbey Road crossing, one of the filmmaker Richard Curtis’ favourite places in London.

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Hitchcock and ceramic art, stumbled upon the display when he was on his way to watch his son perform at a nearby music gig.

“I was so taken aback that there was this really wonderful thing, which I think people would pay to see if it was put up in an art gallery,” he said.

His favorite is the North by Northwest mosaic, which recreates the famous scene of Cary Grant sprinting from a plane, framed with splashes of bright yellow, blue and red tiles.

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here’s London and then there is Richard Curtis’ London. The 62-year-old film-maker has spun the city into a cosy, romantic oasis in backto-back cinematic hits – from Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill to Love Actually.

His latest film is Yesterday, a comedy about the enduring power of the Beatles.

Curtis was born in Wellington and moved to England when he was 11. He credits his outsider perspective for the snow globe version of London that he portrays in films.

“I think in some ways it allows you to relish the place you’ve arrived in,” he said. “I’m accused of giving a very sunny version of London because I do. I take the good and don’t feel too bad about the bad.”

The screenwriter has lived with writer and producer Emma Freud in Notting Hill for 25 years.

Early in his career, Curtis said he decided to write only about places he knew and places he loved. The first film he wrote was set in America and, after a disappointing meeting in Los Angeles, where executives told him his dialogue and jokes were too British, he flew back to London and decided to scrap the project altogether.

“I came home and said, ‘I’m never going to write anything that isn’t set in the streets in which I live.’ And I’ve very nearly lived up to that.”

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1. Abbey Road If you’re quick to write off Abbey Road as a tourist trap, Curtis encourages you to think again.

The crossing was featured on the cover of the Beatles’ 11th album, Abbey Road, and runs just next to Abbey Road Studios, a stately looking, Georgian building where the band recorded 190 of its 210 songs.

Curtis, who did the music recording for Four Weddings and A Funeral inside the studio, pointed out that it is one of the few remaining relics of the Beatles era.

“If you go to Strawberry Fields, there’s just nothing. There’s a red gate and, at the moment, there’s

nothing behind it. It’s just a strange bit of land,” he said.

“Abbey Road has the crossroad, there’s the beautiful studio with the lovely steps leading up to it.

It’s satisfyingly real.”

2. Alfred Hitchcock Ceramics Since 2001, the Leytonstone Station Tube stop has been the home of a colourful, large-scale tribute to Alfred Hitchcock, who grew up just a short distance away.

Sixteen vibrant mosaics, designed by artists at the Greenwich Mural Workshop, are found at the station, each an homage to the director and his films.

Curtis, who is fond of both

For a decade, this bookshop has sat on a lively stretch of Notting Hill, lined with colourfully painted storefronts. Head inside and you’ll find a moment of quiet in the bright, well-organised store.

There are intricately folded book pages hanging from the ceiling, handmade painted cards for sale at the front and a winding staircase that leads to more books and a table for reading.

Curtis, who lives nearby, likes to browse on the weekends, usually with one of his four children, aged 15-24.

“I really encourage the kids to go there and buy books because it does make them better people,” he said.

4. Primrose Hill Make the small uphill trek to the top of Primrose Hill in northwest London and you’ll

be rewarded with a stunning, 360-degree panorama of London.

The summit was used for duels in the 18th century.

These days, visitors lounge on the lantern-lined grass, dogs roam, and a circular lookout point offers sweeping views of the city.

It’s also great for sledding.

“It’s the place to go when it snows here. It has the perfect curve to take a 7-year-old,” Curtis said.

“Primrose Hill, the little village, is also really adorable. There’s a gorgeous bookshop there and a lovely Greek restaurant and an amazing old newsagent. It’s a very satisfying day out.”

5. British Film Institute, Southbank There’s a lot of movie magic packed into this glass-sheathed building nestled along the Thames River. The four-screen cinema offers old and contemporary movies and hosts a series of film and television festivals.

It also houses the BFI Mediatheque, a free library of more than 30,000 film and television titles, including rare television broadcasts and British cinema classics.

“Backing on to the river is an entrance to the cinema bit, but if you go down the side, there’s this brilliant common space and a brilliant movie bookstore,” Curtis said.

“The other day I went there and they have these very bold series of T-shirts with just the names of women directors.”

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Youngster leads the way for Fairton

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In the opening two weeks of the Mid Canterbury Tennis open grade competition, newcomer Diego Quispe-Kim has dropped just a solitary game in both of his first two singles matches.

The national under-14 tennis champion’s latest victim on Saturday was Allenton’s Jason Feutz, a player more than 30 years his senior, but experience counted for little at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre on Saturday as Quispe-Kim led his Fairton side to a 5-4 win.

Points were hard to come by for Feutz.

He lost the first set 6-0, but did manage to pick up one game in the second set, just as Rhys Cromie did against Quispe-Kim last week.

With the help of Quispe-Kim, Fairton again dominated proceedings at the top of the order.

He combined with Connor Brosnahan to take the top doubles over Feutz and Lee Gilbert, while Brosnahan got past Gilbert in three.

But Allenton’s pairing of Jake Parsons and Mathieu Lucas took the middle doubles against Jade Brosnahan and Phil Crozier to get their side on the board, and Parsons came back to beat Jade Brosnahan in three sets in the number three singles, while Fairton took got one back as Crozier dropped just two games on his way to beating Lucas.

In the lower order Allenton took two wins, with Lachlan Adam and Holly Jane Feutz beating John Leslie and Bridget Broker in the bottom doubles 6-2 6-2, and Holly Jane Feutz defeated Angel Spooner 6-1 6-1 in the six singles, although Leslie took Fairton’s decisive fifth win, beating Adam in three.

The day’s other clashes both finished 6-3, with Methven down-

Jason Feutz looks to return a forehand during his loss to Diego Quispe-Kim on Saturday. ing Dorie and Southern beating Hampstead.

Half of the Hampstead team come from the one family – the Bubb family – and on Saturday they filled the top three spots in the Hampstead line-up, but only number one Sam Bubb managed a win on the singles court.

He took on Aidan Mitchell, who was standing in for an injured Peter Leonard, and won 6-3 6-2, and combined with Henry Ross to take the top doubles 6-0 6-2 over Mitchell and Peter Kirwan.

Ollie Bubb and his dad Matt Bubb formed Southern’s mid-

dle combination and while they beat Bryn Looij and Josh Jones in three, they both went down in their singles. Ollie Bubb lost to Kirwan 6-4 6-1, while Matt Bubb lost to Looij 6-4 6-3.

Mathew Hopkins and Mia Liu made it a clean sweep for Southern in the doubles matches, winning the lower doubles 6-3 6-1 over Dianna Leonard and Jess Aldridge.

Aldridge moved up to play at four in the singles, and lost 6-2 6-4 to Jones, while Amelia McKeown slotted in at five for Southern in the singles and won

in three against Hopkins, and at six Leonard proved too good for Liu, winning -3 6-4.

Meanwhile the big drawcard of the match between Methven and Dorie was the match-up between last year’s Gala Cup men’s singles champion Cameron McCracken and multiple-time past Gala Cup champion Rhys Cromie in the top singles.

McCracken first teamed up with Tyler Leonard to take the top doubles 6-3 6-3 against the Cromie brothers, Rhys and Jayden, and then went on to win the much-anticipated singles clash 6-4 6-1.

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Tyler Leonard continued Methven’s domination at the top, beating Jayden Cromie 6-1 6-3, and Methven’s win was secured in the middle order with Aidan and Ryan Watt beating Henry Dargue and Riley Breen in the doubles, before the Watts followed that win up with victory in both of their singles.

Dorie proved too good in the lower order though, with Brendon Adam and Tess Opie beating Neil Alombro 6-2 6-3 in the doubles, before Adam downed Alombro 6-4 6-0 and Opie beat Talbot 6-0 6-0.

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McLaughlin holds on to Bathurst victory; huge team fine NZME Top Kiwi Supercars driver Scott McLaughlin has kept his Bathurst win, but Fabian Coulthard has been relegated to the last place finisher, while DJR Team Penske, who McLaughlin and Coulthard drive for have been docked championship points and hit with a hefty fine.

The 26-year-old McLaughlin

was first over the finishing line at Mount Panorama, but the result has stood as provisional because of some dubious orders given to Coulthard by DJR Team Penske bosses.

Coulthard had slowed significantly when a safety car was brought onto the circuit, allowing McLaughlin and Jamie Whincup, who were ahead of Coulthard at the time, to get a significant ad-

vantage over the rest of the field.

After McLaughlin’s victory DJR Team Penske were charged with breaching team order rules.

A hearing took place into the incident on Saturday and the outcome was that McLaughlin will keep his Bathurst win, but there would be heavy punishments for Coulthard and the team.

McLaughlin has been demoted to 21st while the team has been

hit with a $250,000 fine, with $100,000 of it suspended until the end of 2021.

They have also had 300 points deducted from the teams’ championship.

DJR Team Penske said they accepted the punishment.

“After reviewing data from Car #12 following the Bathurst 1000 with the Stewards and Deputy Race Director, DJR Team Penske

accepts the penalties issued related to the FIA International Sporting Code,” the team said.

“The team will be making no further comment at this time.”

Stewards said team breached the Obligation of Fairness regulations, but stopped short of implicating McLaughlin in their findings. “We are prepared to assume that there was no intention to advantage Car #17,” the statement said.

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Allenton notch up maiden victory

By Erin Tasker

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Allenton have bounced back from a resounding loss in round one to pick up their first win in the Canterbury Country senior cricket competition.

Allenton hosted Weedons in a 40-over match at the Ashburton Domain in the competition’s south section on Saturday and came away with a five-wicket win to celebrate.

The visitors won the toss and elected to bat first and although they lost wickets at regular intervals, made it through the 40 overs, finishing up 128/9, with opener Paul Rugg posting his side’s top score of 32.

For Allenton Ranpreet Singh was the pick of the bowlers, taking 3/21 off his five overs, while Satveer Singh took 2/14.

Allenton’s reply did not start well and they were struggling at 5/28 until Ravinderjit Singh and man-of-the-match Manpreet Singh put together what ended up being a match-winning partnership.

Manpreet Singh smashed seven sixes and two fours on his way to a memorable knock of 70 runs off just 47 balls, to see his side to victory.

Hamish D’Arcy and Jack Henderson took two wickets each for Weedons, but the visiting bowlers didn’t help their own cause at times, bowling 36 wides.

Meanwhile, the other Mid Canterbury team taking part in their first Canterbury Country season, Tech, headed to Tai Tapu to take on Peninsula-Harbour and came

home with their second win of the competition.

A week after a strong win to start the competition over Weedons, a 10-man Tech batted first at Peninsula-Harbour’s new home ground at Tai Tapu and were all out for 188 off 38 overs, with Sam Bennett top-scoring

Allenton celebrate taking a wicket in their win over Weedons in the Canterbury Country senior cricket competition at the Ashburton Domain on Saturday.

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with 42, Des Kruger adding 37 and Jason Morrison 31.

In reply, Peninsula-Harbour were all out for 158 off 34 overs, with Harry Jones taking 3/22 and

Jay Houston picking up 3/31 for Tech.

It could have been a much bigger victory for Tech, too, as they had the Peninsula-Harbour boys

on the ropes at 60/6, but they dropped a few catches, including Peninsula-Harbour’s top two run-scorers when they were both yet to score.

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Eddie’s triumphant midfield trio eye All Blacks challenge

By Maggie Alphonsi

E

ddie Jones staked his England tenure on the midfield of Owen Farrell, Manu Tuilagi and Henry Slade and it was a decision that paid off handsomely in Oita.

I must admit that I was one of those surprised he had dropped George Ford but there is now no question this trio must start against the All Blacks next Saturday. They functioned extremely well, dovetailing and marrying their varied skill-set in a dynamic and powerful performance that was too good for Australia.

The key question for any coach is which combination your opponents would least like to face and after watching them play I have no doubt New Zealand would be delighted if Ford was recalled at 10 with Farrell and Tuilagi outside him.

That’s not because Ford is a bad player – in fact, I consider him to be an exceptional one – but the unit as a whole seems to have a better balance when Farrell, Tuilagi and Slade are in tandem.

The key reason for that is Farrell appears to feel far more at

home in the No. 10 shirt than at inside centre. His performances in the pool stage had been underwhelming, and it seemed to me that he was slightly unsure of whether or not he should be taking control.

Having two playmakers can be useful but there are times when you don’t know which of them has the hand on the tiller.

When Farrell is at 12 he sometimes seems a little inhibited, a little unsure of himself – particularly when Ford is playing as well as he has done so far.

That was certainly not the case against the Wallabies.

Farrell was commanding, directing operations with clarity and intelligence. He knew when to pass and when to kick and rarely chose the wrong option.

He was helped by those outside him. Tuilagi is not subtle but there is no doubt he is extremely effective at what he does.

I was pitchside in Oita and what struck me was how a Tuilagi carry sounds compared to almost anyone else. There is a power and a noise when he goes into contact that genuinely takes your breath away and makes you wince.

If he calls for the ball you give it to him because it takes at least two men, and often a lot more, to bring him down.

At outside centre I thought Slade showed his character.

His start was underwhelming and after playing such little rugby recently I feared for him slightly.

I was wrong to do so because he was exceptional after that early wobble, with his break and brilliant kick ahead for Jonny May’s second score a moment of true class, while his mighty boot was also effective.

And while we know their qualities going forward, what also impressed me was their steadfastness in defence.

Ford is much improved as a defender but if he plays he will be targeted by teams who see a potential weakness.

With Farrell in that position and Tuilagi outside him that weakness does not exist and teams have to vary their game to find space.

To be fair to them Australia had moments of real joy – one hand-off by Samu Kerevi on Tuilagi sticks in the mind, while Slade was caught out for Marika

Anthony Watson is just one of England’s strike weapons.

Koroibete’s try – but overall this was a relatively solid defensive performance by a unit that will only improve from time playing together.

If there is a concern it is that channel between Slade and his winger. That space is often called the corner of the defence because the winger is not up in the defensive line but sits slightly back to cover any potential kicks.

A good 13 must be able to read the game and react to any possible threat because they have to cover a big area.

You would expect Beauden Barrett, in particular, to test England in that area.

But New Zealand will be just as worried at the prospect of facing Tuilagi.

They will remember what he did to them in 2012, and he looks as fit now as he has at pretty much any point since that day.

Jones will also have been encouraged by how Ford, and indeed all the replacements, did after coming on.

You might expect a slight drop in intensity when the substitutes arrive but at pitch side you could tell that wasn’t the case.

Instead Ford just slotted seamlessly in, ensuring Australia didn’t have a sniff of getting back into the match.

It was a highly impressive midfield performance and one which will have pleased Jones immensely. Having staked so much on his three chosen men he will now be looking forward with real excitement to see what damage they can inflict on the All Blacks.

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AB juggernaut crushes Irish AP It’s one thing to beat the All Blacks in Chicago or Dublin. It’s an entirely different challenge at the Rugby World Cup, where they feel right at home.

Defending champion New Zealand scored seven tries in a 46-14 demolition of Ireland on Saturday to move into a semi-final against England, who beat Australia 40-16 earlier in Oita.

The result was virtually beyond doubt by halftime, when the All Blacks led 22-0, and the continuance of two opposing streaks seemed certain.

New Zealand extended their unbeaten run at the World Cup since an upset quarter-final loss to France in 2007.

Ireland is now 0-8 in World Cup knockout games.

The Irish may never have felt more confident, after their drought-breaking win over the All Blacks in Chicago in 2016 and another victory in Dublin last November that capped a year that included a Six Nations Grand Slam.

They were ranked No. 1 ahead of the tournament, but were simply never in the contest at Tokyo Stadium.

Scrumhalf Aaron Smith crossed for a pair of tries from close range and Beauden Barrett finished off a long-range try against the run of play in the first half, and the All Blacks added four more tries in the second half.

The All Blacks, winners of the first World Cup in 1987 and the last two, are shaping up well for a third consecutive title.

“We’re really proud of that performance,” Barrett said.

“We knew in previous games against Ireland they’ve probably got the better of us up front and we knew it had to start there.

“The work the big boys did to dominate most parts of this game certainly helped the backs to exploit the space.

“It was a huge effort.”

The Irish were looking at something different from the New Zealanders this time, with flyhalf Richie Mo’unga and fullback Barrett deployed as dual playmakers.

The defensive patterns that contained the All Blacks in recent head-to-heads couldn’t cope.

Barrett was voted player of the match, but Mo’unga must have gone close.

The three Barrett brothers in the squad were playing as a tribute to their recently deceased grand-

The All Blacks rush to celebrate Aaron Smith’s second try in their match against Ireland in Tokyo. father, and the New Zealanders wore black armbands in his honor.

“We wanted to bring that intent tonight,” Beauden Barrett said of the blistering start.

“It’s do-or-die footy – we knew the reality was we could have been going home if we didn’t bring it tonight.

“It’s been an emotional week for my family. We wanted to play well for him tonight.

“Thinking of you up there, love you, Grandad Ted.” Ireland’s night was epitomised

by Robbie Henshaw’s bombed try in the 67th minute, when he chased a perfectly placed grubber kick into the in-goal but knocked on.

He made amends quickly – after an attacking scrum Henshaw stepped inside the defence and dived in under the posts. The Ireland centre raised his fist in cele-

bration but it was merely a consolation in the context of the match result.

New Zealand scored again before referee Nigel Owens awarded Ireland a penalty try in the 77th, for replacement forward Todd being in an offside position and blocking off the goalpost when Ireland was inches from scoring.

Todd finished the match in the sin-bin, but New Zealand scored again despite being a man down.

Halves Smith and Mo’unga were instrumental in getting New Zealand off to a flyer.

Mo’unga opened the scoring with a penalty goal and Smith darted over in sniping runs in the 14th and 20th minutes.

Smith’s second try followed an attacking raid involving a perfect pop pass from center Jack Goodhue to right winger Sevu Reece chiming into the backline and sending it wide to George Bridge,

who was tackled within metres of the left corner post.

A piece of Mo’unga brilliance, when he leaped high to tap an attempted touch-finder from Ireland back into his in-goal to prevent a close-range lineout, kept New Zealand out of trouble before he contributed heavily to his team’s third try.

Ireland was in prime position but fumbled the ball after a mixup between Johnny Sexton and Rob Kearney in the 32nd.

Mo’unga hacked it forward for Barrett to chase, and the fullback toed it forward again before regathering to score in the right corner.

Hooker Codie Taylor made it 29-0 in the 48th before a Mo’unga cross-field kick in the 61st was well caught by an unmarked Reece in open space. Reece was tackled near the line but Todd scored off the next phase. Bridge

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and Jordie Barrett crossed in late in an exchange of tries.

Ireland captain Rory Best’s international career finished soon after, after 14 years and 124 tests, when he was replaced and left the field in tears.

“The All Blacks were fantastic,” he said.

“We felt we’d a game plan, we felt we’d enough in our armoury to beat them but they just came out of the blocks hard at us, put us on the back foot and like good sides do, they never let us get off.”

Joe Schmidt’s tenure as Ireland coach finished with another bitter quarter-final disappointment.

“We were great last year and we’ve just maybe come off the top of that and haven’t quite been where we wanted to be all year,” he said.

“You carry scars a lot more than your success, and those scars are deep.”

‘Abject, error-strewn performance’ sends Ireland home NZME Leading Irish rugby writers have slammed Ireland’s 46-14 Rugby World Cup quarter-final loss to the All Blacks as “humiliating” and a “sorry end” to Joe Schmidt’s era as head coach.

The Irish Independent’s Ruaidhri O’Connor said it was sup-

posed to be the best coached, best prepared Ireland team in World Cup history but that the former World No. 1 side will now leave Japan in humiliation after an “abject, error-strewn performance”.

“The Joe Schmidt era was built on a number of fundamentals, with accuracy and discipline high on the list. It is now over after a

night littered by mistakes and penalties,” he wrote. “They have enjoyed great success under the departing head coach, but when it mattered most they gave a performance that will haunt them for the rest of their days.”

Meanwhile, the Irish independent’s columnist Cian Tracey said Ireland’s inability to execute the

basics will leave them with a “sour taste”.

“This time four years ago, Ireland trailed Argentina 17-0 inside 13 minutes.

“It took New Zealand 22 minutes to run riot and clock up the same unassailable lead.

“It felt like we were reliving that Cardiff nightmare all over again.

Nothing was ever supposed to be as bad as that, yet here we were.”

Murray Kinsella said the Irish side will leave the World Cup embarrassed.

“Joe Schmidt enjoyed some wonderful days during his time as Ireland head coach, but his reign came to an end in a sad, sorry way in Tokyo,” he wrote.

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Coach Cousins lands the top job Ashburton’s Andrea Cousins is set to step up to the role of head coach for Netball Mainland’s side in the 2020 National Netball League.

Netball Mainland has announced that Cousins, the assistant coach of the Hellers Mainland side for the past two seasons, has been promoted to the head coach role for next season.

Cousins said she’s looking forward to taking charge.

“I can’t wait to be able to lead a group of athletes to reach their potential,” she said.

“The National Netball League competition is a key pathway for netballers in the Mainland Zone. I am excited and privileged to be given this opportunity.”

Cousins brings a wealth of experience to the role.

She started her coaching career in Mid Canterbury with the Hampstead Netball Club, but in recent seasons has plied her trade as premier coach of Technical Club in the Christchurch competition, as well as being head coach of the Christchurch Under-19 side this year.

For the past two seasons Cousins has been Mainland’s national league assistant coach alongside another woman with local connections.

The side’s previous head coach, Ronelle Van Dongen, grew up in Ashburton.

With Cousins now taking over in the top job, the vacant assistant coach seat will be filled by Jess Huia.

Huia has been named as assistant coach, returning to Mainland after four years in the South Zone.

She was apprentice coach for the Southern Steel last season, and this year has been head coach of the Invercargill Under-19 and Aotearoa Maori Secondary Schools teams.

Toni Torepe has also been reappointed as Mainland’s team manager for her third year in the role.

For the past two seasons, Andrea Cousins (left) has been the assistant coach for the Mainland Beko netball team, alongside head coach Ronelle van Dongen (right).

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Ferns take out yet another thriller

■■CRICKET

By Cheree Kinnear

Firebirds on the pace

The Silver Ferns are one step closer to gracing their trophy cabinet with the Constellation Cup. Following a disappointing loss in Auckland earlier this week, the Silver Ferns hit back with a 54-53 win over the Australian Diamonds in Sydney yesterday to lead the series 2-1.

Should they carry their winning ways into the final test next weekend, the Silver Ferns will lift the Constellation Cup for the first time in seven years.

It initially looked like it was going to be the same story of a dominant Diamonds win on Australian soil, especially when they shot out to an early six-goal lead, which they held for most of the first half.

However, the Silver Ferns tore up the script, storming back in the third quarter, unwilling to go down without a fight – a response Ferns veteran Maria Folau described as “bloody great”.

“We knew that the Diamonds were going to come out firing, it was tit for tat most of the second half,” Folau said after the game.

“Really proud of the efforts from the girls.

“We’ve still got one game in Perth, so we’ll see how that goes.”

The Diamonds had taken control of the match for the first and second quarters to lead at halftime by four goals.

Australia’s staunch defence shut down ball into the Ferns’ circle, while captain Caitlin Bassett and Gretel Tippett led a restless

There will be no shortage of seam options for the Wellington Firebirds in their Plunket Shield season opener against the Otago Volts starting today.

The 12-strong squad includes no less than six front-line seamers in preparation for a Basin Reserve surface that is likely to provide plenty of pace and bounce.

That means regulars Hamish Bennett, Iain McPeake, Logan Van Beek and Ollie Newton are all included, while Wellington pathway graduate Ben Sears gets another opportunity having made his firstclass debut last season.

Black Caps allrounder Jimmy Neesham is also included following an eventful few months for the 29-year-old.

Neesham played a major role in the Black Caps World Cup campaign and switches straight back into four-day mode having returned home last week from stints in the Canada GT20 and Caribbean Premier League competitions.

The squad also boasts a local Wellington presence with Sears, Rachin Ravindra, Iain McPeake and Black Caps wicketkeeper Tom Blundell included, as well as Fraser Colson who returns to first-class cricket after a spell with Otago A. Veteran off-spinner Jeetan Patel is unavailable for selection in the first three rounds of the competition having accepted a spin-bowling consultant role with England for their five match T20 series against the Black Caps starting next month.

It was a happy group of Silver Ferns walking off the court yesterday. attacking unit.

Clearly unhappy with their performance in the first half, Noeline Taurua’s world champions hit back after the break with a stellar six-goal run to take the lead for the first time in the game.

Folau and Ameliaranne Ekenasio were forced to put their longrange shooting skills on display as the Diamonds defence continued to prove too niggly for the duo to

create space under the post.

But no strangers to the outer edge of the circle, the experienced duo confidently shot at a combined rate of 90 per cent.

Silver Ferns captain Laura Langman led her side from the front during a high-pressure final 10 minutes which saw the Diamonds hot on their heels.

Both sides looked momentarily unsettled as an array of missed

passes and penalties saw possession thrown back and forth.

However, it was the Ferns, again, who proved too strong in the do-or-die moments as Ekenasio slotted the crucial goal to give the Ferns the lead, and a Laura Langman intercept sealed the win.

The teams have a week to prepare for the final game of the Constellation Cup, set to be hosted in Perth next Sunday.

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Participants line up ready to head off on another Rakaia Salmon Run on Saturday morning.

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■■ MULTISPORT

Weather can’t stop Salmon Run

By Erin Tasker

erin.t@theguardian.co.nz

A high Rakaia River may have sunk the kayak leg of Saturday’s Rakaia Salmon Run event before it even started, but it didn’t prevent another successful running of the event from going ahead.

The multisport race – one of seven events in total that make up the annual Rakaia Salmon Run – was meant to consist of a 35km bike ride, a 14km kayak along the Rakaia River, and a 11.5km run through the riverbed, but rain in the foothills in the lead up to the event caused the river to rise to levels where it would not have been safe for the 120-odd kayaks to take to the water.

So at 2am on Saturday morning, organisers made the tough call to can the kayak leg and go with an alternative plan of a 14.6km run and a 45km bike ride for the large field of multisporters.

Christchurch’s Flavio Vianna was the first multisporter across the finish line at the Rakaia Domain, finishing in a time of

2.10.45 hours to add the Salmon Run crown to the Peak to Pub one he won in Methven just a few short weeks ago.

Just like at the Peak to Pub, it was Christchurch’s Steve Melton who finished runner-up to Vianna, while last year’s winner – Swannanoa’s Ryan Kiesanowski – had to settle for third this time around.

The women’s title went to Christchurch’s Holly Weston, with another Christchurch athlete – Samantha Owles – second and Ashburton’s Vicky Jones third, while the teams titles went to CIC for the men, Quad Fury for the women, and Old Fart and Young Tart for the mixed teams.

In the long duathlon (35km bike and 14.6km run) Kirwee’s Richard Greer finished first in 2.03.31 hours, while Christchurch’s Phonse Carroll was second and Ashburton’s Mike Hansen third.

Helen Wright from Takamatua took out the women’s long duathlon, while the male team title went the way of Tavendale and

Partners Law Hawks ahead of the Tavendale and Partners Legal Eagles, and Mindy and Mum took the women’s title ahead of Tavendale and Partners Flash and Dash, with Dwarf Squad the top mixed team.

It was an Ashburton top two finish in the short duathlon

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Bryson-Boe from Mt Somers third, while Rock Around the Clock took the men’s team title and ANZ Ashburton won the mixed team title.

In the half marathon it was Ben Williams from the Arnold Valley who won the men’s title in a time of 1.23.28 hours, while a Methven

A Methven multisporter now based out of Christchurch - Julia Grant took the women’s title

(25km bike and 6km run) for the men, with Brian Goodes taking it out in 1.11.17 hours and Ronnie Campbell second.

The women’s short duathlon title was won by Christchurch’s Paris Carroll with Ashburton’s Jackie Dwyer second and Lola

multisporter now based out of Christchurch – Julia Grant – took the women’s title in a time of 1.31.51 hours.

The 14.2km long run/walk was won by Lincoln’s Aidan Jackson, with Methven’s Michael Magee the best placed local in fifth, while Ash-

burton’s Sarah Hewson claimed the women’s title with Methven’s Cushla Holdaway fourth.

Making it a top day out for the Carroll family from Christchurch, Phonse Carroll Jr won the 6km short run/walk, with Ashburton’s Shaun Clarke second, while Hannah Prosser and George Prosser from Fairlie were the top two finishers for the women, with Dorie’s Leanne Allnutt third and Ashburton’s Aleisha Stoddart fifth.

The day’s other event, a challenging 26.5km mountain bike race along the Rakaia Riverbed, was won by Tayler Reed from Christchurch for the men.

He finished in 59.04 minutes – the only rider to go under the hour mark – while Christchurch’s Jemima Snook won the women’s race in 1.10.35.

More than 300 people lined up to starting line to take part in the seven events offered up at the Jackson Holmes Salmon Run – which is organised by The Lions Club of Rakaia and Rakaia Sports Clubs.

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Hansen a very happy man

Kali takes the Barneswood Cambridge raider Kali overcame a wide run in transit to out-gun her three-year-old rivals as she scored a gritty victory in Saturday’s Gr.3 Barneswood Farm Stakes (1400m) at Ashburton.

The Tony Pike-trained filly has the Gr.1 gavelhouse.com New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) as her main southern mission and warmed up for that challenge with a win that saw TAB bookmakers tighten her into to a $7 outright favourite for the blue riband event at Riccarton.

Kali had finished an unlucky seventh in her most recent run where she was severely hampered in the home straight when looking for gaps between runners in the Gr.3 Gold Trail Stakes (1200m) at Hastings.

Pike was keen to see her take a forward position on Saturday despite drawing the outside gate in the 14-horse field. Leith Innes bounced her out nicely to head forward but got trapped threewide on the speed as Miss Federer set up a solid pace.

Leith Innes and Kali cross the line in the Barneswood.

Innes asked the Darci Brahma filly for her best early in the run home as she bounded clear of her rivals before holding out the charge of fellow northern raiders Karalino and Folk Dress to score handsomely with plenty in reserve.

Pike was delighted with the win

as a final dress rehearsal for the 1000 Guineas.

“She flew down Wednesday and travelled nicely,” Pike said.

“There wasn’t much we could do with the draw but we were keen for her to roll forward as she had been very unlucky in her last two starts.

“That was a big effort as there was plenty of early speed and Leith had to sit three-deep although she did get a soft sectional before the corner.

“She’s got there a touch soon and has run it out very strongly, so bring on the Guineas.

“She’s only going to improve as well and is a very talented filly, so we’re quite excited heading to Riccarton.”

Raced by Frontier Bloodstock and Dick Karreman under his Oaks Stud banner, Kali is the last foal of St. Petersburg mare, Race Empress and is a half-sister to stakes placed filly Royal Dominance and promising three-yearold Heavenly Emperor.

Karreman holds a powerful hand in both of the three-yearold classics at the upcoming New Zealand Cup and Show Week at Riccarton as he is also the breeder and owner of Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) favourite Catalyst, another by the Oaks Stud-based stallion, Darci Brahma.

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen would have been buoyed by the run of his horse in the leadup to his rugby team’s Rugby World Cup quarter-final against Ireland.

Steve Hansen part-owns Nature Strip, who finished fourth in the Everest, worth $15.2 million, at Royal Randwick in Sydney on Saturday.

The five-year-old gelding was rated a $26 chance before the race, making him the joint outsider of the 12-horse field, but the horse ran well above that rating, leading almost all of the 1200m race before being run down in the straight.

That result meant Hansen would take home his share of almost NZ$1m for fourth place.

The winner, Yes Yes Yes, took home more than NZ$6m for the win.

On Thursday, Hansen said it was just a thrill to have a horse in the race, after Nature Strip was a late withdrawal from the race last year.

“It’s a highlight to have a horse in a race like the Everest. It’s just a matter of sit back and enjoy that for what it is. “

Results from Saturday’s races at Ashburton The weather was fine and the track heavy10 for the Ashburton Races at Ashburton on Saturday.

RACE 1 - COCHRANES CANTERBURY MAIDEN 1600, $10,000, 1600m

Places: $1.70, $2.30, $1.30. Quinella: $16.50.

Trifecta: $112.20 (3,8,1). First4: $766.00 (3,8,1,10).

Trainer: Thelma Foley, Timaru. Breeding: 8 m D’Cash (AUS)-Golden Satchel.

1-2 El Bee Jack (7) T Comignaghi 1 9-9 Rumour Has It (12) S Weatherley 2 8-6 Vows You Made (13) M McNab 3 Scratched: Capodanno, Red Light District, Take The Deel, Danny Green, Monash, Cobblertothestars, Iwonderwai.

Also (in finishing order): 7-8 Miss Oaks, 3-3 Last Hoorah, 10-10 Acre, 5-7 Always, 6-5 Brother Will, 11-12 Roullette, 2-1 Hibachi, 4-4 Our Boy Ritchie, 12-11 Giantsbane.

3L, 3-1/2L, 3/4L. Time: 1:39.66. Win: $4.40.

Places: $2.00, $4.70, $3.30. Qu: $49.90.

Trifecta: $969.10 (7,12,13). First4: $1070.10 (7,12,13,11), $1070.10 (7,12,13,14).

Trainer: Russell McKay, Ashburton. Breeding: 4 g Jakkalberry (IRE)-Star Bound.

RACE 3 - FASTTRACK INSURANCE 2200, $30,000, 2200m

RACE 2 - R D PETROLEUM AND PAUL BRAND 2200, $22500, 2200m

1-1 Keep The Cash (1) L Callaway 1 3-3 Exclaim (8) T Moseley 2 11-11 Grab The Bar (5) J Fawcett 3 Scr: Sligo, Kandhu, Xplosion, Clubcard, Romantic Hero, Space Cadet, Cobblertothestars.

Also (in finishing order): 2-2 I Got A Rock, 4-4 Our Girl Gilly, 6-6 Oceans Away, 5-5 Bogatyr, 9-9 Miss Dazzler, 10-10 Castlereigh, 12-12 He’s Irish, 7-7 Darci Can, 8-8 Bungay, 13-13 Artic Warrior.

2-3 Bridget Town (3) C Campbell 1 4-4 Red River Rock (8) S Weatherley 2 1-1 Chief Sequoyah (1) S Collett 3 Scratched: Cinto Bay, Stop Making Sense.

Also (in finishing order): 7-6 Epae Road, 6-7 Jildi Jildi, 3-2 Metasequoia, 5-5 I’llav Bubbles, 8-8 Billabong Billy.

Nk, 1/2L, Nk. Time: 2:21.67. Win: $4.90.

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Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incorporated Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 21 Oct 2019 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 2.36pm (NZT) FORMPRO RATINGS FREE EVERY MONDAY C0 C0, 410m 1 58342 Big Time Ricky nwtd............................L Cole 2 66457 Jamboree nwtd................................C Morris 3 82641 Mickey Mowhawk nwtd................. D Denbee 4 6 Idol Ziggy nwtd...................................M Flipp 5 68672 Trudy Remarkable nwtd...................C Morris 6 4 Idol Steffie nwtd.................................M Flipp 7 64T5 Big Time Harper nwtd.........................L Cole 8 72 Big Time Spot nwtd.............................L Cole 9 7773 Freckle nwtd...............................J McInerney 10 5677 Dewie nwtd............................... S Gommans 2 2.54pm MONSTER FISH AT STUD C1 C1, 410m 1 62644 Bigtime Honey 24.01...........................L Cole 2 32311 Big Time May 23.90............................L Cole 3 36725 Summer Glee nwtd....................J McInerney 4 63553 Double Change nwtd................ S Gommans 5 67563 Jay Grim 24.10 J &..............................D Bell 6 11628 Big Time Amie nwtd............................L Cole 7 25553 Gunnar Blueblood 23.84............J McInerney 8 24511 Big Time Nash 23.39...........................L Cole 9 74551 Cawbourne Moss 23.75................M Roberts 10 45878 Always Dizzy nwtd.....................J McInerney

2-2 Al Haram (1) M McNab 1 1-1 Owen Patrick (2) S Toolooa 2 7-7 Standrews Masonic (6) T Comignagh 3 Also (in finishing order): 6-6 Sulcifera, 3-3 Pamir, 5-4 Londonderry Air, 4-5 Pickup.

Nk, 2L, 3/4L. Time: 2:21.50. Win: $4.00.

Places: $2.30, $2.10. Quinella: $6.60. Trifecta: $136.90 (1,2,6). First4: $636.00 (1,2,6,7).

Double: $18.40 (3/1), $7.10 (3/2+). Treble: $121.20 (7+/3/1).

Tr: Jamie Richards, Riccarton Park. Breeding: 7 g Sea The Stars (IRE)-En Public (FR).

RACE 4 NORM AND LEEANNE STEWART CUP DAY CAR PAR, $10,000, 1200m

1/2L, 1/2L, 1/2L. Time: 1:13.19. Win: $2.10.

Places: $1.30, $2.90, $8.40. Quinella: $11.10.

Trifecta: $316.50 (1,8,5). First4: $2058.90 (1,8,5,9).

Trainer: Rae/Williams-Tuhoro, Ruakaka.

Breeding: 4 g Keeper (AUS)-Little Jess.

RACE 5 RAINER IRRIGATION FERTIGATION INVITATION, $35,000, 1600m

6-5 Ticket To Ride (6) K Williams 1 4-3 Timy Tyler (3) L Allpress 2 9-9 El Bee Darci (5) T Comignaghi 2 Also (in finishing order): 7-6 Savapak, 2-1 Camino Rocoso, 8-8 Bluey’s Chance, 5-7 Gallant Boy, 3-4 Upperhand, 1-2 Albut Me. 1/2L, Dead heat, Hd. Time: 1:38.41.

Win: $14.30. Places: $3.20, $2.20, $5.90.

Quinella: $17.90 (3,6), $68.50 (5,6). Tri: $680.00 (6,3,5), $759.80 (6,5,3). First4: $4277.20 (6,3,5,7), $4277.20 (6,5,3,7).

Quaddie: $1530.40 (3/1/1+/6). Double: $19.90 (1+/6), $2.90 (1+/3), $15.50 (1+/5).

Trainer: Andrew Carston, Riccarton Park.

Breeding: 7 m Shocking (AUS)-Classy Bawn.

RACE 6 - VALACHI DOWNS 1400, $22500, 1400m 6-6 Meara Mary (14) S Weatherley 1 2-2 Queen Jetsun (7) C Campbell 2 1-1 Magnify (5) L Innes

3 Scr: Clooney, I Am A Rock, Devious, Masu, Heat Seeker, Sainted Pearl, Lady Davone, Sharp ‘N’ Silver, Parvina, El Campeador.

Also (in finishing order): 7-7 Iffida, 4-4 Dreamtesta, 3-3 Campo, 8-8 Scooby, 5-5 Sure Is, 10-10 Dangerous Pony, 9-9 Lincoln Zephyr.

Lg nk, 1/2L, 2-1/2L. Time: 1:25.70. Win: $11.90.

Places: $3.10, $1.70, $1.70. Quinella: $24.00.

Trifecta: $201.30 (14,7,5). First4: $2664.60 (14,7,5,12). Treble: $622.20 (1+/6/14).

Trainer: M & M Pitman, Yaldhurst, Riccarton Park. Breeding: 4 m Echoes Of Heaven (AUS)-Divine Proportion.

Also (in finishing order): 13-13 Far Site, 12-11 Hot Tap, 7-7 Zelenski, 8-8 Bronte Beach, 4-4 Miss Federer, 9-9 El Gladiador, 11-12 Kitty Power, 6-6 On Show, 10-10 He’s Got Power, 3-2 Okay Pal. 1/2L, 1-1/2L, 1-1/4L. Time: 1:24.87. Win: $3.40.

Places: $1.50, $2.10, $2.80. Quinella: $10.00.

Trifecta: $102.80 (7,9,6). First4: $5856.90 (7,9,6,12).

Trainer: Tony Pike, Cambridge. Breeding: 3 f Darci Brahma-Race Empress (AUS).

RACE 7 MCCREA PAINTERS AND DECORATORS ASHBURTON, $35,000, 1200m

RACE 9 - ASHBURTON MSA LIQUOR CENTRE 1400, $25,000, 1400m

1-1 Morweka (7) L Allpress 1 2-2 Prince Oz (1) T Moseley 2 5-5 Emily Margaret (9) R Hannam 3 Scratched: Don Carlo, Sensei.

Also (in finishing order): 6-6 Saber, 4-4 Disturbance, 7-7 Johnny Jones, 3-3 Killarney.

1-1/4L, Hd, 1/2L. Time: 1:11.37. Win: $2.20.

Places: $1.60, $2.50. Quinella: $3.60. Trifecta: $26.90 (7,1,9). First4: $105.10 (7,1,9,6).

Double: $24.60 (14/7+), $15.90 (14/1).

Trainer: Terri Rae, Riccarton Park. Breeding: 6 m Showcasing (GB)-Spera.

4-3 Belle Fascino (11) R Hannam 1 1-1 Boundtobehonored (14) L Innes 2 2-2 Tryfan (10) L Allpress 3 Scr: Jin Lu, Mamma Sans, Abrahams, Hee’s Our Secret, Khimar War, Jessie Janet, Iffida.

Also (in finishing order): 10-10 Taponisme, 11-11 Pinup Coup, 8-8 Nopele, 5-5 Pure Class, 7-7 Gifted, 9-9 Veladero, 3-4 Final Savings, 6-6 Miss Doherty.

Lg hd, 1/2 hd, 2-3/4L. Time: 1:25.60. Win: $9.10. Places: $2.60, $1.70, $1.90. Quinella: $10.90. Tri: $133.00 (11,14,10). First4: $1324.90 (11,14,10,3). Quaddie: $626.00 (14/7+/7+/11).

Place6: $65.80 (1+,5,8/3,5,6/5+,7,14/1,7+/6,7 +,9/10,11,14+). Double: $16.10 (7+/11), $4.20 (7+/14+). Treble: $65.30 (7+/7+/11).

Tr: Stephen Marsh, Riccarton Park. Breeding: 6 m Per Incanto (USA)-Playing For Keeps.

RACE 8 - BARNESWOOD FARM STAKES 1400, $70,000, 1400m 1-1 Kali (7) L Innes

2-3 Karalino (9) S Collett 5-5 Folk Dress (6) M McNab Scratched: Live Drama.

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Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway 3 3.12pm CREATIVE CATERING C1 C1, 410m

1 53544 Slam It 23.93..............................J McInerney 2 6F325 Big Time Kenny nwtd..........................L Cole 3 163x6 Tuff Jewel nwtd..............................B Mitchell 4 83145 Big Time Rusty nwtd...........................L Cole 5 65167 Big Time Ivy nwtd................................L Cole 6 53487 Cawbourne Foxy 23.39....................C Morris 7 41223 Gotcha Marshall nwtd................J McInerney 8 57272 Elouera Mist nwtd J &..........................D Bell 9 67376 Chat Ya Later nwtd............................. I Howe 10 76666 Zipping Romeo 23.91 J &....................D Bell 4 3.34pm J P PRINT, PETONE C2 C2, 410m 1 16214 Morning Sun 23.62....................J McInerney 2 18433 Nuclear Jewel 24.34........................L Doody 3 67142 Big Time Dusty 23.76..........................L Cole 4 74445 Three Amigos 23.65 J &......................D Bell 5 11862 Big Time Tatum 24.32.........................L Cole 6 71762 Bigtime Thor 23.38..............................L Cole 7 82725 Dino The Fox nwtd........................M Roberts 8 22413 Retail Mayhem 23.85...................... L Pearce 9 67354 Bigtime Diesel 23.76 G &........ S Fredrickson 10 64287 Tuff Temptress 23.72......................B Mitchell 5 3.54 RED SNAPPER SEAFOODS, CHRISTCHURCH C3 C3, 410m 1 143x8 Federal Impact nwtd............................L Cole 2 65421 Bigtime Caleb 23.56............................L Cole 3 12162 Harpoon Harry 23.91 D &...........J MacAuley 4 73463 Millie Prince 23.29 J &.........................D Bell

5 13118 Spring Fox 23.63 D &..................J MacAuley 6 52541 Bigtime Mike 23.49.............................L Cole 7 72865 Big Time Tina 23.42............................L Cole 8 23146 Bigtime Chris 23.88 G &......... S Fredrickson Emergencies: 9 65814 Little Scamp 23.65........................ D Denbee 10 17823 Bigtime Forest 23.95...........................L Cole 6 4.17pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C4, 410m 1 35341 Bigtime Jasmine 23.51........................L Cole 2 66362 Big Time Marlisa 23.37.......................L Cole 3 28114 Bigtime Cutie 23.66.............................L Cole 4 26447 Bigtime Leads 23.30...........................L Cole 5 67862 Dyna Diode nwtd...........................M Roberts 6 24435 Big Time Lebron 23.67........................L Cole 7 35453 Bigtime Eve 23.26...............................L Cole 8 87283 Bigtime Ziggy 23.44............................L Cole Emergencies: 9 74568 Bigtime Shine 23.23............................L Cole 10 15488 Magic Flynn 23.38...............................L Cole 7 4.42pm KERNOW CONSTRUCTION TERMINATING PICK 6 C0 C0, 457m 1 7 Free Thinker nwtd............................M Olden 2 75645 Big Time Goldie nwtd..........................L Cole 3 7428 Webber Come nwtd...................J McInerney 4 66 Big Time Abbi nwtd.............................L Cole 5 63 Young Dumb Broke nwtd..................M Olden 6 26432 Stormin’ Home nwtd S &............C Blackburn 7 4 Life Is Good nwtd.............................M Olden

8 86743 Penny Mowhawk nwtd................... D Denbee 9 77555 It’s Timmy nwtd..........................J McInerney 8 4.57pm DOUG BRADLEY PAINTERS C1 C1, 457m 1 88778 Toki Girl 26.45............................... D Denbee 2 75547 Bigtime Rosie 26.24 G &......... S Fredrickson 3 555x6 Ophira Bale nwtd..........................M Roberts 4 76222 Bigtime Fred 26.04..............................L Cole 5 66887 Bigtime Kate 26.13 G &.......... S Fredrickson 6 55433 Tuff Mr. Tee 26.54...................... S Gommans 7 24231 Grunty Mama 26.80 S &............C Blackburn 8 641 Broke Brad 26.31.........................A Turnwald 9 5.18pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C5, 410m 1 15511 Big Time Billie 23.47...........................L Cole 2 34174 Funky Facts 23.27 G &........... S Fredrickson 3 73211 Queen Big League 23.18 G &.S Fredrickson 4 53321 Bigtime Lizzy 23.43.............................L Cole 5 57115 Bigtime Kiss 23.19..............................L Cole 6 42145 Bigtime Banjo 23.49............................L Cole 7 11672 Awesome Quality 23.24......................L Cole 8 47336 Bigtime Emjay 23.56 G &........ S Fredrickson 9 17815 Big Time Frosty 23.75.........................L Cole 10 28718 Bigtime Sheer nwtd.............................L Cole 10 5.36pm STEVE ‘THE AUCTIONEER’ DAVIS C2 C2, 457m 1 14118 Big Time Gina nwtd.............................L Cole 2 13866 Tuff Treasure 26.52........................B Mitchell 3 53432 Allen Mack nwtd............................M Roberts 4 12233 Mother’s Touch nwtd J &......................D Bell

5 63124 Bigtime Alfie 26.37..............................L Cole 6 44261 Double That 26.35 G &........... S Fredrickson 7 11372 Big Time Kobe 26.78...........................L Cole 8 21215 Big Time Benny 26.58.........................L Cole 11 5.54pm PNGRC SECTIONAL TIMES @ PNGREYHOUNDS.KIWI C4/C5 C4/5, 457m 1 21352 Bigtime Levi 25.75..............................L Cole 2 24116 Big Time Maple 26.45.........................L Cole 3 85313 Big Time Ocean 26.14........................L Cole 4 22552 Bigtime Archie 26.36...........................L Cole 5 62533 Arden Emgrand 25.93..................A Turnwald 6 37735 Bigtime Puma nwtd.............................L Cole 7 31374 Fare Dodger 26.03........................M Goodier 8 56541 Bigtime Annie 25.92............................L Cole Emergencies: 9 18647 Big Time Rhino 26.30..........................L Cole 10 4F176 Vibe nwtd.....................................A Turnwald 12 6.11 TOTAL BODYSHOP SUPPLIES C2/3, 457m 1 87413 Tuff Knight 26.78............................B Mitchell 2 65265 Thomas William 25.97................... D Denbee 3 43451 Big Time Trae 26.11............................L Cole 4 14582 Cheeseball 26.11................................L Cole 5 34253 Tommy The Jett 26.17..................A Turnwald 6 23686 Bigtime Benji 26.11.............................L Cole 7 68678 Dyna Vernon 26.06.......................M Roberts 8 64376 Here’s Hemi 26.33.....................J McInerney LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Before you can become more powerful in a situation, it is important to figure out where the power already lies. Note what or who is dominating the environment or setting a tone for interactions.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): The success won’t come from working on tasks; it will come from completing them. Even so, you’ll find the most fun working on the tasks, so don’t be seduced into leaving things undone. Finish!

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): It’s better to purge and prune your to-do list than to have a bunch of wishful thinking weighting it down. Heavy lists are no fun! Set yourself up to win by being selective with your plans and energy.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You need just a few more friends, preferably observant and responsive ones who will tell you about yourself in greater detail and highlight the qualities that familiar people aren’t seeing today.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You’ll gain much from osmosis today, so don’t worry too much about striving or learning. It’s all about who you surround yourself with. People with big dreams and desires they aren’t afraid to go for will strongly influence you.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You don’t have to do everything right (or anything at all) to be worthy of love and support, including and especially your own. Reinforce that concept, and you’ll be lucky today.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): It’s impossible for you to fail at being you. If you occasionally let yourself down, it’s only because you don’t yet know yourself well enough to find the inspiration you need to steer the wilder side of you.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Worry is just bad feelings about unrealities. It’s not that none of the worries could ever happen; it’s just that usually life is more inventive and surprising.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): There’s a point where you’ll want to give up; however, once you push past that, you’ll be able to go twice as far. You’re basically training your mind today, and this will hold you in good stead.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): If you knew you would get what you focused on, what would you focus on? Choose carefully today because you’re way too powerful to waste your talents on meagre distractions.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You won’t meet a single person today you can’t learn something from. The art is in figuring out what it is and you might not come up with it right away.

Some lessons will come in retrospect.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You set the bar pretty high for a project and you’ll definitely get into the ballpark if you keep at it. Don’t let others tell you what success looks like. Define it yourself.

ACROSS 1. A good job the Romans were without a remedy for it! (8) 4. Fifty would make it a tree: a thousand, a month (4) 8. The spare child-spoiler (3) 9. Is uncertain as to how five got the fever (5) 10. It is by way of those five giving one a finish (3) 11. Having studied S American country, half missed the finish (7) 12. Go to one’s rest or return to nothing on the street (5) 13. Is this a vessel for the co-director? (11) 17. It takes a month and, for the French, eight musicians (5) 18. A person who does an impressive job (7) 20. Pouch one almost gets on dismissal (3) 21. It is due to being in the red (5) 22. Food item frequently bolted (3) 23. How she would shortly appear to be put off (4) 24. Not a feck for the futile! (8) DOWN 1. Cast lines? (6) 2. Lowest point attainable from drain (5) 3. I had to follow the outfit without bending (5) 5. Mix oil, air and touch of vinegar for this dish (7) 6. On this, cricket was novel (6) 7. How her fingers may prove invigorating (10) 9. A divine dispensation it is vain to destroy (10) 14. The thing is, it will appear in the newspaper (7) 15. Gives one a push that to boss is not straightforward (6) 16. Roman brute? Not quite: American! (6) 18. Award that is a highly valued acquisition (5) 19. It gives a touch of colour in satin generally (5)

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There’s at least one five-letter word.

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BURGESS, Rayna – On October 19, 2019, peacefully at Tuarangi Home, Ashburton, after a long illness.

Aged 78 years. Dearly loved wife of Stuart. Beloved Mum of Kareen and Stuart Dunlop, Peter and Esther, Robin and Paula, and Chris and Darin Goldsack. Loving Nana of Adele, and Dale; and Sammy, and Max. Special thanks to the wonderful caring staff at Tuarangi Home for their love and care of Rayna.

Messages to the Burgess family PO Box 5020 Tinwald, Ashburton 7741. A service in remembrance of Rayna will be held in Our Chapel, cnr East & Cox Streets, Ashburton on Tuesday, October 22, commencing at 1.30pm, followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.

RAE, Mabel Elizabeth (Mabs) – On October 19, 2019, peacefully at home, Ashburton. Aged 91 years.

Dearly beloved wife of the late Ian. Cherished and much loved mother and mother in law of David and Jill, Roger and Cheryl, Gary and Jo, and Andrew and Tammy. Dearest Gran of Adam; Natasha and Gavin, Dan; Ben and Gabrielle, Charlotte, Bridget, Matthew; Melissa and Jared, Timothy and Jodie, James, Nicola and Jaime, and Sarah and Sam. Dearly loved great Gran of Finn; Aubree; Evelyn, and Cyril; Thalia, Marshall, and Izak; Cleo; Laylah, Maia, and Piper, and Mason. Messages to 1/25 Charlesworth Drive, Ashburton 7700. A service to celebrate Mabs’ life will be held at our Chapel, Cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton on Friday, October 25, commencing at 1.30pm. A private family interment will be held.

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Wind at 2000m: Gale SW 80 km/h, easing to 45 km/h in the afternoon.

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CHOICE 6am David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities 6:30 Heston’s Feast 7:30 Jelly Jamm 8am Love Nature – Arctic Secrets 9am David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities 9:30 The Big Food Rescue 11:30 Money For Nothing 12:30 American Pickers 1:30 Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers 2:30 The Big Food Rescue 3:30 Hope For Wildlife 4:30 Hugh’s Three Hungry Boys Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall challenges three best mates, Tim, Thom, and Trevor to travel from River Cottage to Lands End without any money.

5pm Gourmet Farmer 5:30 Mysteries At The Museum 6:30 American Pickers

6am Breakfast 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3 0 10am Tipping Point 3 0 11am The Chase 3 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR Faith’s attempt to help goes awry; Matty confides in Victoria; an incident leaves Harriet frightened. 0 1pm Coronation Street Catchup PGR 3 0 2pm Coast v Country 3 0 3pm Tipping Point 0 4pm Te Karere 2 4:30 Come Dine With Me Daytime 0 5pm The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0

6am Infomercials 6:30 Bluey 0 6:40 PJ Masks 3 0 7am Littlest Pet Shop 0 7:25 Ben 10 7:50 Wacky Races 0 8:15 Miles From Tomorrowland 3 0 8:35 The Lion Guard 3 0 9am Infomercials 10am The Middle 3 0 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Army Wives PGR 3 0 Noon Mom PGR 3 0 12:30 2 Broke Girls AO 3 0 1pm Judge Rinder PGR 2pm Will And Grace PGR 0 2:30 Home And Away 3 0 3pm Shortland Street PGR 3 0 3:30 Bakugan – Battle Planet 0 3:55 Clarence 0 4:05 Fanimals 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons 3 0 5:30 Home And Away Colby arrives home only to make a surprising discovery; Mackenzie shares her fears with Ziggy. 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

6am The AM Show 9am The Café 10am Infomercials 11:40 Entertainment Tonight 3 12:10 Millionaire Hot Seat 3 0 1:10 Dr Phil AO Shauna’s children say she created non-existent illnesses and put them through painful, dangerous medical checks. Her then-husband says he had no idea she was harming the children.

2:10 Australian Ninja Warrior (Starting Today) 3 0 4pm Entertainment Tonight 4:30 NewsHub Live At 4:30pm 5pm Millionaire Hot Seat 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

6am The Powerpuff Girls 3 0 6:30 Kung Fu Panda – Legends Of Awesomeness 3 0 7am Sky Sport News 8am Game Shakers 8:30 The Moe Show 3 0 9am Million Dollar Minute 9:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 10am The Doctors PGR 3 11am Antiques Roadshow 3 Noon Sky Sport News 12:30 NCIS – New Orleans PGR 3 0 1:30 Superior Donuts PGR 3 0 2pm The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm A Place In The Sun – Winter Sun 5pm 3rd Rock From The Sun 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Getting Grilled With Marshy 6:30 Inside The PGA Tour

7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Fair Go 0 8pm Border Patrol A Brazilian man has a large quantity of cocaine hidden inside his suitcase; a woman loses her cool with Biosecurity; a wife tries to cover up for her husband. 0 8:30 Prodigal Son AO 0 9:25 Q+A 0 10:30 1 News Tonight 0 11pm Proven Innocent AO Easy takes on an immigration case to help a young Dreamer convicted of murder; the showdown between Madeline and Bellows begins. 0 11:55 The Brave AO 3 0 12:50 Te Karere 3 2 1:15 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 My Restaurant Rules PGR 0 8:30 The Secret Life Of 4 Year Olds Australia 0 9:30 The Walking Dead The threat of the Whisperers’ return leads to paranoia in Alexandria; Carol deals with the need for revenge. 0 10:30 Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0

7pm The Project 7:30 Australian Ninja Warrior 0 9:15 N Murder, Lies And Alibis AO Australian businessman Phillip Vasyli was murdered in 2015. The police are convinced his wife is guilty, but new evidence points to a new conclusion. 0 10:25 NewsHub Late 10:55 Love Island Australia AO

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 American Pickers 8:30 The Red Stag Timber Hunters’ Club AO 0 9:35 M Training Day AO 2001 Action Thriller. A rookie narcotics officer experiences the toughest day of his life with a partner who is a law unto himself. Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke. 0

Whanau Living 3 Sachie’s Kitchen 3 Marae PGR 2 M Venus And Serena PGR 2012 Documentary Sport.

A year in the life of sisters and tennis champions Venus and Serena Williams.

10:20 Waka Huia 3 10:50 Te Ao – Maori News 3

7:30 Tutankhamun – Life, Death, And Legacy 8:30 Joanna Lumley’s Nile Joanna Lumley sets out to travel and explore the River Nile, the longest river in the world, from sea to source.

9:30 Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle 10:30 Inside The Foreign Office PGR

11pm Cougar Town PGR 3 0 11:30 Flack AO 0 12:20 F Devious Maids AO 3 0 1:05 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:30 Infomercials 2:30 Army Wives AO 3 0 3:15 Family Food Fight 3 0 4:15 Little Big Shots 3 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Religious Infomercials 3

11:55 Gallipoli AO 3 Tolly and Bevan’s platoon, in a midnight attack, creeps toward the enemy trenches, but must run for cover when the Turks open fire. 0 12:55 Infomercials

Midnight The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR The best of Stephen Colbert’s satire and comedy, discussing politics, entertainment, business, and more.

1am Closedown

11:20 Te Matatini Ki Te Ao 3 Highlights from Te Matatini Kapa Haka Festival 2019, the world’s largest kapa haka competition, held at Westpac Stadium, Wellington.

11:50 Closedown

11:30 Mysteries At The Museum 12:30 Tiny House Hunting 1am Hugh’s Three Hungry Boys 1:30 Gourmet Farmer 2am Alone AO 3am Hope For Wildlife 4am Joanna Lumley’s Nile 5am Mysteries At The Museum

The Walking Dead 9:30pm on TVNZ 2

BRAVO 10am I Found The Gown 3 10:30 Million Dollar Listing NY 3 11:30 Snapped PGR 3 12:30 Disappearance Of Crystal Rogers PGR 3 1:30 Millionaire Matchmaker PGR 3 2:30 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 3:30 The People’s Court 4:35 Million Dollar Listing NY 3 5:35 Catfish 3 6:30 Beverly Hills Pawn 3 7pm Beverly Hills Pawn 3 7:30 Snapped PGR 3 8:30 Accident, Suicide, Or Murder AO After the wife of a respected pastor dies in a car accident, the community mourns until a congregant commits suicide, triggering an investigation that brings secrets to light.

9:30 Buried In The Backyard AO In a beautiful garden in Salem, Oregon, not all is as it seems as investigators look into the life of a single mother.

10:30 Snapped AO 3 11:30 Disappearance Of Crystal Rogers PGR 3 12:20 Infomercials 3

Murder, Lies and Alibis 9:15pm on Three

SKY 5 6am Jeopardy! PG 6:25 Wheel Of Fortune PG 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Shipping Wars UK PG 7:55 Border Security – Canada’s Frontline M 8:25 Ice Road Truckers PG 9:15 Ronnie’s Redneck Road Trip MVL 9:40 CSI MV 10:25 SVU MV 11:10 Shipping Wars UK PG 11:55 Jeopardy!

PG 12:25 Wheel Of Fortune PG 12:55 NCIS MV 1:45 NCIS MV 2:30 CSI MV 3:20 Shipping Wars UK PG 4pm The Simpsons PG 4:30 Jeopardy!

PG 5pm Wheel Of Fortune PG 5:30 Ronnie’s Redneck Road Trip MVL 6pm Ice Road Truckers PG 7pm Border Security – Canada’s Frontline M 7:30 CSI MV 8:30 Border Security PG 9pm RBT MC 9:30 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away MVL 10:30 SVU MV 11:20 Ice Road Truckers PG

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12:10 Shipping Wars UK PG 12:50 Wheel Of Fortune PG 1:15 Jeopardy! PG 1:35 Border Security – Canada’s Frontline M 2am Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away MVL 2:50 RBT MC 3:15 Border Security PG 3:40 SVU MV 4:25 Ronnie’s Redneck Road Trip MVL 4:50 CSI 5:35 The Simpsons PG

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7:10 Solis PGV 2018 Sci-fi.

Steven Ogg, Alice Lowe.

8:45 Johnny English Strikes Again PGVL 2018 Comedy.

Rowan Atkinson, Ben Miller.

10:15 Second Act MLSC 2018 Comedy. Jennifer Lopez, Vanessa Hudgens.

Noon Brothers In Arms MVC 2018 Documentary. 1:30 The Joneses Unplugged MC 2017 Romance. Mischa Barton, Sean Faris. 3pm The Leisure Seeker MVLSC 2018 Adventure. Helen Mirren, Donald Sutherland.

4:20 Nothing But Trailers M 4:50 Peppermint 16VL 2018 Action.

Jennifer Garner, John Ortiz.

6:30 Midnight Sun PGL 2018 Drama. Bella Thorne, Patrick Schwarzenegger.

8pm Reprisal 16VL 2018 Action. A bank manager haunted by a violent robbery that took the life of a co-worker teams up with his formerpolice officer neighbour to catch the assailant. Bruce Willis, Frank Grillo.

9:40 Nostalgia 16LC 2018 Drama. Jon Hamm, Ellen Burstyn.

11:35 Double Date 16VLSC 2017 Comedy. Danny Morgan, Georgia Groome.

7am Batman Begins MV 2005 Adventure.

Christian Bale, Michael Caine.

9:20 Mama MVLC 2013 Horror.

Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj CosterWaldau, Megan Charpentier.

11am Charlie’s Angels MV 2000 Action. Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu. 12:35 Side Effects MVLS 2013 Thriller. Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones.

2:20 Anchorman – The Legend Of Ron Burgundy MVLS 2004 Comedy. Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate. 3:55 The Ring 16C 2002 Horror. 5:50 V For Vendetta MVLS 2006 Sci-fi Action. 8pm Scary Movie 5 MVLS 2013 Comedy Horror.

Dan and Jody begin to notice bizarre activity after they take in Dan’s brother’s children, who have been on their own in the wilderness for three years.

Ashley Tisdale, Simon Rex, Snoop Dogg.

9:30 Oblivion MVS 2013 Sci-fi. On a future Earth, a man’s confrontation with the past leads him on a journey of redemption and discovery as he seeks to save mankind.

Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko.

11:35 Charlie’s Angels – Full Throttle MV 2003 Action Adventure. Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu. Tuesday 1:20 Body Of Lies 16VL 2008 Action.

3:25 The Ring 16C 2002 Horror. 5:20 Scary Movie 5 MVLS 2013 Comedy Horror.

Tuesday

1:05 Degenerates 16VLSC 2018 Drama. 2:45 Peppermint 16VL 2018 Action.

4:25 Midnight Sun PGL 2018 Drama. 5:55 Reprisal 16VL 2018 Action.

6:30 Takoha 6:40 Pukoro 2 7:10 Tamariki Haka 3 7:20 E Kori 3 7:25 E Ki E Ki 7:30 Te Nutube 7:40 Darwin + Newts 3 7:50 Kids’ Kai Kart 3 8am Pukana 3 2 9am Te Ao – Maori News 3 9:30 R&R 3 10am Tangaroa With Pio 3 10:30 Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 3 11am Tautohetohe 3 Noon Waka Ama Sprints 3 12:30 Funny Whare – Gamesnight PGR 3 1pm Haka Life PGR 3 1:30 F Sisters 2pm Toku Reo 3 2 3pm Takoha 3 3:10 Pukoro 2 3:40 Tamariki Haka 3 3:50 E Kori 3 3:55 E Ki E Ki 4pm Te Nutube 4:10 Darwin + Newts 3 4:20 Kids’ Kai Kart 3 4:30 Pukana 3 2 5pm F Globe 5:30 Te Matatini Ki Te Ao 3 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News

7pm 7:30 8pm 8:30

SKY SPORT 1 6am Premiership Cup (RPL) Sale Sharks v Gloucester Rugby.

From AJ Bell Stadium.

8am Premiership Cup (RPL) Wasps v London Irish.

From Ricoh Arena.

10am Premiership Cup (RPL) Worcester v Leicester.

From Sixways.

Noon Farah Palmer Cup (RPL) Semi-final – Auckland v Wellington.

2pm Farah Palmer Cup (RPL) Semi-final – Hawke’s Bay v Northland.

4pm Mitre 10 Cup (RPL) Tasman v Auckland.

6pm Farah Palmer Cup (RPL) Semi-final – Canterbury v Counties Manukau.

8pm Premiership Cup Highlights Show 9pm French Top 14 Highlights A wrap up of all the tries and main talking points from every game of the round.

9:30 Rugby Nation Highlights and analysis of the latest rugby action.

10:30 Premiership Cup (RPL) Exeter Chiefs v Harlequins.

From Sandy Park.

Tuesday

12:30 NRC (RPL) Semi-final One – Force v Brisbane City.

From UWA Sports Park, Mount Claremont.

2:30 NRC (RPL) Semi-final Two – Canberra Vikings v Fijian Drua.

4:30 Premiership Cup Highlights Show 5:30 French Top 14 Highlights

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SKY SPORT 2 6am India v South Africa (HLS) Third Test, Day Two. From JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi.

7:55 Women’s Big Bash (HLS) Thunder v Heat.

8:25 Women’s Big Bash (HLS) Sixers v Heat.

8:55 India v South Africa (HLS) Third Test, Day Two. 9:55 Women’s Big Bash (RPL) Thunder v Heat.

12:50 India v South Africa (RPL) Third Test, Day Two. 2:50 Women’s Big Bash (HLS) Thunder v Heat.

3:20 Women’s Big Bash (HLS) Sixers v Heat.

3:50 India v South Africa (HLS) Third Test, Day Two. 4:50 L India v South Africa Third Test, Day Three.

From JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi.

Tuesday

12:30 The Ashes (HLS) England v Australia – Fourth Test, Day Five.

1:30 The Ashes (HLS) England v Australia – Fifth Test, Day Four.

2:30 T20 World Cup Qualifiers (HLS) Hong Kong v Oman.

3am T20 World Cup Qualifiers (HLS) Hong Kong v Ireland.

3:25 T20 World Cup Qualifiers (HLS) Oman v UAE. 3:50 T20 World Cup Qualifiers (HLS) Ireland v UAE. 4:20 L T20 World Cup Qualifiers Canada v Nigeria.

From Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi.

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DISCOVERY 6:35 Gold Rush PG 8:20 Why We Hate 16 Origins.

9:10 Outback Opal Hunters PG 10am How It’s Made PG 10:25 How Do They Do It? PG 10:50 Aussie Salvage Squad PG Christopher the Winch Beast. 11:40 Web Of Lies M Tainted Love. 12:30 Evil Kin M 1:20 Evil Lives Here M He’s Still My Son. 2:10 Weather Gone Viral M Man v Weather.

3pm Alaskan Bush People M 3:50 Bering Sea Gold PG Cracked. 4:45 Fast N’ Loud PG NHRA and a 1955 Pink Caddy 1/2.

5:40 Aussie Salvage Squad PG The Storm is Coming.

6:35 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 7:30 Fast N’ Loud PG Beyond Reasonable Scout.

The Monkeys work to be the first to put a Hellcat motor in their 1979 International Scout.

8:30 Fast N’ Loud PG Sema Dreamin’.

9:25 Aaron Needs A Job PG Liquid Assets.

10:15 Fast N’ Loud – Demolition Theatre PG Rush Hour Outlaws.

11:05 Naked And Afraid M Worlds Collide.

11:55 How It’s Made PG

Tuesday

12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 Weather Gone Viral PG 1:35 Bering Sea Gold PG 2:25 Moonshiners M 3:15 Alaskan Bush People M 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 Naked And Afraid M 5:45 Bering Sea Gold PG

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England will bring it to ABs

Ferns take out a thriller

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DIEGO DOMINATES

He’s one of New Zealand’s top up-and-coming tennis players and in his first two weeks playing tennis in Mid Canterbury, Diego Quispe-Kim has dropped just a solitary game in both of his singles matches. But did his latest win help his Fairton side to a win in round two of the Mid Canterbury Tennis open grade competition?

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Todd out of World Cup semi

By Patrick McKendry All Blacks coach Steve Hansen, still enjoying a special performance from his team and also one of his horses on Saturday, has revealed that Matt Todd dislocated his shoulder before the World Cup and that after receiving a knock on the same joint during his team’s big quarter-final victory over Ireland the flanker is set to miss the semi-final against England.

Todd was absent from the All Blacks’ first pool game against the

Springboks a month ago due to a sore shoulder but the full extent of his injury hasn’t been revealed until now.

Assuming the Crusaders player, who scored a try in the second half of the 46-14 win at Tokyo Stadium after replacing Brodie Retallick, is not available, the door will be open for Shannon Frizell to be the loose forward cover for Saturday’s sudden-death match at Yokohama Stadium.

“He’s hurt that shoulder again,” said Hansen, who confirmed that

Sam Cane’s withdrawal for Scott Barrett at halftime was a tactical, rather than injury-related, decision.

“We’ll have to see how he goes but it’s probably unlikely that he’ll be available.

“Everyone else is 100 per cent.

“He dislocated it a wee while ago and got a bang on it again yesterday.”

The clean bill of health for the rest of the squad, including firstfive Richie Mo’unga who received attention late in the second half,

bodes well for the All Blacks as they seek to find a similar level of performance against the English who demolished Australia 41-16 in their quarter-final in Oita.

The All Blacks are fully aware they need to maintain or better the level they got to against the Irish – which was spectacular at times as they ran in seven tries.

“That’s one of the key things about sport isn’t it; being able to repeat and repeat and repeat,” Hansen said.

“It’s probably the hardest thing

to do in sport. But one of the hardest things we’ve striven to do as a group is to be better than we were the day before.

“We don’t always achieve that but if you strive to do it you give yourself an opportunity.

“We know that if we aren’t better we aren’t going to get what we want so it’s pretty simple.

“They’re playing good footy so they’ll be confident, as we will be.

“Both sides are defending really well.

“It is going to be a big clash.”

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